The McDonald's experience—assuming you ate inside—was not complete without dropping a small pond of ketchup onto your placemat for the purpose of dunking fries. But before you pumped away at the metal dispenser, you must've taken a moment to admire the paper placemat covering your plastic tray. Oftentimes they were flimsy ads for collectibles, special sandwiches, or Happy Meal toys.

Take a look at 10 McDonald's placemats from the 1990s. Each one is a piece of your childhood.

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