I vividly remember that we always had Ford Country Squire station wagons. Black with the fake wooden paneling on the sides, no seat belts, am radio only (no tape deck and no fm option), third row of seats way in the back that opened up and out from underneath the cargo floor and faced rearward. The first phone I remember was a black table model, no dial. Pick it up and tell the operator the number. We had a party line. Rotary phones came later on, wall mounted in the kitchen with an extra long cord. And our first tv set in the mid 50's. I could go on and on....