I had similar outings with my family in the 1960s -1970s, sometimes with relatives or family friends, going to local and state parks and picnicking under a shade tree. The red checkerboard picnic blanket and wicker basket were always with us. All the food was precooked and cold, but getting warmer. Cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, bread, potato and macaroni salad, boiled eggs, meatballs or meatloaf, and sometimes prepared sandwiches, along with either punch or soda. The kids spent most of the time playing ball, or frisbee, while the parents sat around and chat and had a nice time out in nature. It was a simpler time, and it was always worth the time it took to get there. Being idle was part of the charm. Lots of pleasant memories of simpler times.

That's so mainstream '50s, it's hard to bear. The upside may have been that maybe, just maybe, they didn't litter their picnic site.

Besides, I can never help but wonder how the contemporary non-"mainstream" other half lived and what it looked like.

I'm accustomed to those unfortunates who think anything cooked outdoors is barbecue but there is no sign here of cooked or hot food or means of even warming it.

[That would be in the other photos. - Dave]

What do you think the chances are that ANY of the fruit in that basket is real?

Women wear stripes.

Kids actually looking around instead of having noses glued to smartphones. Hooray for that! And Dad has discovered another use for the lawnmower gas can.