Been there. Done that.

I’m Generation Jones!

1955–1965

We grew up on bicycles, back roads, transistor radios, muscle cars, swimming holes, cassettes, great music and real face-to-face friends — before a phone was something you stayed home to answer.

No smart phones.
No problem!
Good times.
Great music. True friends.
The last really free generation growing up.
Our rules were pretty simple: Be kind. Be loyal. Use common sense. Look out for each other. And have FUN! These designs celebrate a generation that lived the life without smart phones or pesky rules — and collected a few good stories along the way.

Choose Your Generation Jones Design

Choose an image, then choose what you want it on. Each button carries that design into the regular Back Roads product order page.

Generation Jones classic 1955 to 1965 collage
GJ-01

Classic 1955–1965 Collage

Been there, done that — bikes, boom boxes, good friends, swimming holes and no smartphones. A full-on celebration of the Generation Jones years.

Generation Jones clean retro collage
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Our Rules

Be kind. Be loyal. Use common sense. Look out for each other. And have fun. Pretty good rules then — and they still hold up.

Generation Jones last really free generation collage
GJ-03

The Last Really Free Generation

1955–1965: when childhood meant bicycles, swimming holes, wandering the neighborhood and finding your own way home.

Generation Jones good times great music true friends design
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Good Times, Great Music, True Friends

Turn up the radio, grab the cassette, lace up the high-tops and remember when the soundtrack of growing up came with a little static.

Generation Jones back road and muscle car design
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Back Roads & Muscle Cars

Back roads, muscle cars, transistor radios and a whole lot less supervision. This one leans hard into the open-road side of Generation Jones.

Generation Jones lakeside sunset and bicycle design
GJ-06

Summer Freedom

Summer evenings, bicycles, swimming holes and staying out until somebody finally yelled that it was time to come home.

Generation Jones no smart phones no problem light design
GJ-07

No Smart Phones. No Problem.

No texts, no apps, no chargers — and somehow we still found our friends, made plans and had a pretty good time doing it.

Generation Jones lived the life square collage
GJ-08

Lived the Life

Been there, done that — lived the life without smart phones or pesky rules. A square collage packed with the stuff that made the era memorable.

Generation Jones open road retro design
GJ-09

The Road Ahead

A road ahead, a radio nearby and enough freedom to make your own mistakes. The road-trip version of Generation Jones nostalgia.

Generation Jones 1955 to 1965 wide banner design
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Generation Jones 1955–1965 Wide

Old enough to remember when fun didn’t need a charger. The wide layout is especially handy for wraparound cups, tote layouts and larger shirt placements.

Generation Jones wide classic collage design
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Wide Classic Collage

A bumper-sticker-wide blast of bicycles, boom boxes, summer freedom and the simple rules we grew up with. Made for a strong horizontal placement.

Generation Jones light palette left vertical design
GJ-12

Light Palette — Been There

A lighter, tall layout built around the bikes, music and been-there-done-that attitude — especially nice when you want the artwork to feel less heavy on a light-colored product.

Generation Jones light palette right vertical design
GJ-13

Light Palette — Our Rules

The lighter vertical companion: swimming-hole memories, retro gear and those old-fashioned rules about kindness, loyalty, common sense and having fun.

Generation Jones square full road trip design
GJ-14

Square Road-Trip Classic

Friends at the roadside, a classic car, bicycles and the big Generation Jones message — a square design with a little more open-road nostalgia.

Generation Jones wide collage without dates
GJ-15

Wide Good-Times Collage

Bikes, friends, the swimming hole, a radio and the good-times message in a wide layout that works naturally across cup wraps, handbags/totes and larger shirt placements.

All 15 Generation Jones designs are here. The square, vertical, light-palette and wide versions are listed separately so a shopper can pick the exact look they want. We can still use the crop that fits a cup wrap, cap, handbag/tote or shirt placement best when producing the order.

The pictures on this page are selection previews. The original full-size Generation Jones artwork is retained for production.