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Old 10-26-2023, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ooo-ribay View Post
Good eye! That picture “has it all.” Back when kids could go to a World Series game on their own if they, or their parents, had a couple of bucks. And, if you went on your own, you could smoke.
Well into the 1960s, most kids were "free-range" from an amazingly early age, no helicoptering back then. You could go to a playground packed with hundreds of kids without a single parent in sight. And virtually all adults smoked, but not many kids as young as this one looks. But I'm not sure there were any restrictions on buying cigarettes other than maybe a store's policy.
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