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History's cool kids, looking fantastic!

A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers. And everything in between.

If you've found a photo, or a photo essay, of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.

History's cool kids, looking fantastic!

A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers. And everything in between.

If you've found a photo, video, or photo essay of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.

PLEASE READ OUR SEVEN QUICK RULES:

1: Photos and videos must be over 25 years old.

2: Please put the year or decade in title, otherwise your post will be removed.

3: Spam, racist, homophobic, sexist and offensive comments, as well as brigading, consistent reposting and shitposting, will result in a lifetime ban. Offensive comments include anything about pimping, about people's moms and scoring women. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP.

4: All posts highlighting, in the title, that someone has recently passed away or titles trying to evoke sympathy upvotes will be deleted. Please add the info in the comments.

5: All reposts less than six months old and all reposts less than a year old from Top 100 will be removed.

6: All posts must feature a person.

7: We reserve the right to remove any post that doesn't showcase historical coolness. This includes photos, which are not obviously retro and portraits of famous young women doing nothing but posing.

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Susan Kare, famous Apple artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM. (1980s)

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Wishing Everyone a HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Just as trivia, witches flying on brooms was first depicted in Martin Le Franc’s manuscript “Le Champion des Dames” (The Defender of Ladies) [1451].

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2024/10/31
07:28 UTC

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Ellen Barkin (1991)

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Wishing Everyone a HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The green skin of witches dates back to the original “Wizard of Oz” movie [1938]. The pointy shoes and hats of witches dates back to the Middle Ages.

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2024/10/31
07:28 UTC

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Grace Kelly on the set of The Country Girl (1954)

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Engineer Otto Lilienthal, a German aviation pioneer, with glider flying machine 1895

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How can we forget this charming movie (1994)?

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2024/10/31
06:29 UTC

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Andie MacDowell. Circa 1980s

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2024/10/31
06:14 UTC

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Myrna Loy, 1940s Movie Star

I’ve been mesmerized by this photo forever

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2024/10/31
05:39 UTC

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Hawai’i Big Island, 1997

Found this while going through some old photos. Must have been taken with an old disposable Kodak.

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2024/10/31
05:28 UTC

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Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, ca. 1986

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My Grandfather. Told this was taken mid 1930s.

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2024/10/31
04:28 UTC

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‘94 - Me (the nugget), my mom (right), and her best friend (left)

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2024/10/31
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My dad, circa 1970, from his university photo ID.

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2024/10/31
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Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran and Queen Fawzia of Iran / Princess of Egypt. 1940s

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Michelle Phillips- California Dreamin’ - 1968/70's

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03:17 UTC

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Teri Garr appears In this 1965 clip from "Shivaree." Check out her moves at the 0:50 and 1:28 marks.

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2024/10/31
03:05 UTC

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Rock 'n Roll from September 1980

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02:54 UTC

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Marion - I Go To Sleep (1967)

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The 1968 UC Santa Cruz volleyball team

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2024/10/31
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My Grandpa, circa 1930, after a successful hunt

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2024/10/31
02:18 UTC

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Rick Baker and his Werewolf Puppet • Behind the Scenes of American Werewolf in London (1981)

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2024/10/31
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1988 42nd street NYC.

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2024/10/31
01:36 UTC

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my mom in 1994, she was giving out pamphlets for some money

(brazil, são paulo)

yea im posting this here because is a cool photo and i admire her so much. don't come for me for posting my mom :(

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2024/10/31
01:35 UTC

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Gibby Haynes setting a cymbal on fire, a common occurrence at a Butthole Surfers show. (1986)

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Judi Dench, when she was with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1963), auditioning for Cabaret.

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Mia Farrow, photo by Bob Willoughby on the set of "Rosemary's Baby" (1968)

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Damita Richter with Mattel Toy Gun, photo by Marcia Resnick in 1979

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2024/10/31
00:25 UTC

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