Bubble Gum Cards

Back in the day....My day....the late 50's and early 60's, you could go to the store and buy a pack of bubble gum cards for a nickle. Five cents would get you five cards and a huge, honkin' stick of bubble gum. While sports cards were the most popular ( I could never figure out why you'd want to collect pictures of sweaty men) there were others that drew our attention.  The one above, featuring the Creature From The Black Lagoon, came in a series of MONSTER CARDS. As you can see, at the bottom of the card were witty captions. Pretty tame for now, but our mother's, at the time, thought we were all going to hell because someone used the word "peed". You could say it at home behind closed doors, but heaven for bid it be printed in black and white for all to see. Alas, the 50's were strange days indeed.
Just a note from yours truly that when I found this image, it brought back so many memories of scrounging up a nickle to go buy these treasures. Money was not as easy to come by back then as it was today. Mom and Dad didn't fork over the moola just because little Junior had a craving for some store bought candy. The idea was..."little Junior want some candy? Little Junior better scooter himself outside and find a way to earn some money." We would scrounge ditches and visit elderly folks asking if we could have their empty drink bottles. You could return an empty drink bottle and get 3 cents for it. You could make a descent days wage for a kid on drink bottles alone. We were an enterprising group of kids, yes we were.
I do miss those days.
Spent most of childhood wishing I was grown up and now that I'm here, I spend most of my days wishing I was a kid again. Kind of strange ain't it?

Until next time....
See you later....
michael b