Old School Cool: Pics of Vintage Lemonade Stands

Amazingly, a nickle was enough to put two of these kids through college.

Amazingly, a nickle was enough to put two of these kids through college.

Old Pictures of Lemonade Stands

Lemonade stands have been around for centuries, possibly longer. Cameras have been around for a much shorter period of time. We decided to collect a few cool pictures of kids selling lemonade over the last 80 years or so.

1930s Lemonade Stands

1930s Lemonade Stand

This kid got creative and decided to find his customers rather than have them find him.

1940s Lemonade Stands

1940s Lemonade Stand

Kid sells lemonade in the 1940s.

1950s Lemonade Stands

1950s Lemonade Stand

Kids selling lemonade in the 1950s

1960s Lemonade Stands

1960s Lemonade Stand

Kids giving out lemonade to marchers during the 1963 March on Washington lead by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Interesting Side Fact: The young boy seated in the middle is Michael Kelly, who eventually became an editor for the Washington Post and The New York Times. He was also the first journalist killed covering the Second Iraq War.

1970s Lemonade Stands

1970s Lemonade Stand

Kid selling produce in Georgia in the early 1970s. I'm sure the lemonade is around somewhere.

1980s Lemonade Stands

1980s Lemonade Stand

Kids in 1970 sell lemonade and Kool-Aid for $.02 a glass.

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