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Car phone in 1959

Bruce Lee training routine, 1960s

1969, Chris Noel with American Troops in Vietnam. She went 8 times, was so popular the enemy placed $10k bounty on her and twice her helicopter was shot down by enemy fire

Chris Farley and his dad in the 1990’s at a beach on Lake Michigan

Gail Stanton, Miss June 1978

Stephen King opens the gates to his new Victorian-style house, guarded by bats. November 1982

Bill Clinton in a McDonald's in the 90s after jogging

Bessie Coleman, the first black aviatrix, was denied access to flight school in the US, so she moved to France, learned french and got her flight certificate there. (1922)

Vikki Dougan (1958)

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz outside their production studio in 1958. Lucy would go on to buy and produce a series called Star Trek when everyone else passed on it

The cast of Friends on a trip to Las Vegas before the show premiered on TV in 1994

Group of friends, Nebraska, 1910

Pamela Anderson (1989)

Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's bathtub in his Munich apartment on April 30, 1945, shortly after she'd photographed the Dachau concentration camp

A beardless Abraham Lincoln. Beardstown, Illinois in 1858

Denise Richards, Seth Gilliam, Casper Van Dien and Patrick Muldoon on the set of Starship Troopers, 1996

Jayne Mansfield, 1950s

Burt Reynolds between scenes on the set of Deliverance, 1971

Across the river from lower Manhattan, 1980s

Woman Grocery Shopping in 1974
 

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First Miss Universe contest 1952

The First Subway Store, 1965

Walt Disney filming on a beach in Rio de Janeiro, 1941

Young men pose in zoot suits. c.1940s

Ann Austin, 1950s

The Sandlot (1993)

No one remembers who came in second, but here they are. The crew of Apollo 12 - the second crew to land and walk on the moon. 1969

A man who has been badly tarred and feathered, seeking medical help

In the Los Angeles Greyhound bus terminal in 1969, there were ashtrays and coin-operated televisions.

Connie Chung reporting from Saudi Arabia, 1974

Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought in London, UK in 1969

Workers finished the final touches at EPCOT - opened 1982

Mary Jane Rathbun - popularly known as "Brownie Mary" was an American medical cannabis rights activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital, she became known for baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients. 1980s

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay (Sherpa) were the first human beings to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. This is the only proof. It is a photo that Hillary took of Norgay with his axe. Norgay offered to take one of Hillary but he declined. The stayed at the summit for 15 minutes

Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 90's

Two moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921

Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968

18-year-old crowned Miss America Ruth Malcolmson. 1924

A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, 1945

Chevy Van 1970s
 

RBigredMax

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These were awesome. Though I fear someone is going to start taking this from classy to crappy reaaaal quick.
 

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Car phone in 1959

Bruce Lee training routine, 1960s

1969, Chris Noel with American Troops in Vietnam. She went 8 times, was so popular the enemy placed $10k bounty on her and twice her helicopter was shot down by enemy fire

Chris Farley and his dad in the 1990’s at a beach on Lake Michigan

Gail Stanton, Miss June 1978

Stephen King opens the gates to his new Victorian-style house, guarded by bats. November 1982

Bill Clinton in a McDonald's in the 90s after jogging

Bessie Coleman, the first black aviatrix, was denied access to flight school in the US, so she moved to France, learned french and got her flight certificate there. (1922)

Vikki Dougan (1958)

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz outside their production studio in 1958. Lucy would go on to buy and produce a series called Star Trek when everyone else passed on it

The cast of Friends on a trip to Las Vegas before the show premiered on TV in 1994

Group of friends, Nebraska, 1910

Pamela Anderson (1989)

Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's bathtub in his Munich apartment on April 30, 1945, shortly after she'd photographed the Dachau concentration camp

A beardless Abraham Lincoln. Beardstown, Illinois in 1858

Denise Richards, Seth Gilliam, Casper Van Dien and Patrick Muldoon on the set of Starship Troopers, 1996

Jayne Mansfield, 1950s

Burt Reynolds between scenes on the set of Deliverance, 1971

Across the river from lower Manhattan, 1980s

Woman Grocery Shopping in 1974
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I really love the OP pics. Great collage. I will try and add a few cool ones.

Marines in WW2.


Alice In Chains pranking Van Halen back in the early 90's very early in their career.


Steve McQueen at LeMans hanging out.

Harvey Keitel on the set of Taxi Driver with Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro.


Clint Eastwood and Mannis the orangutan on the set of Every Which Way But Loose.
 

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I really love the OP pics. Great collage. I will try and add a few cool ones.

Marines in WW2.


Alice In Chains pranking Van Halen back in the early 90's very early in their career.


Steve McQueen at LeMans hanging out.

Harvey Keitel on the set of Taxi Driver with Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro.


Clint Eastwood and Mannis the orangutan on the set of Every Which Way But Loose.
Isn't that one guy Winston Wolff?
 
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First Miss Universe contest 1952

The First Subway Store, 1965

Walt Disney filming on a beach in Rio de Janeiro, 1941

Young men pose in zoot suits. c.1940s

Ann Austin, 1950s

The Sandlot (1993)

No one remembers who came in second, but here they are. The crew of Apollo 12 - the second crew to land and walk on the moon. 1969

A man who has been badly tarred and feathered, seeking medical help

In the Los Angeles Greyhound bus terminal in 1969, there were ashtrays and coin-operated televisions.

Connie Chung reporting from Saudi Arabia, 1974

Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought in London, UK in 1969

Workers finished the final touches at EPCOT - opened 1982

Mary Jane Rathbun - popularly known as "Brownie Mary" was an American medical cannabis rights activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital, she became known for baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients. 1980s

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay (Sherpa) were the first human beings to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. This is the only proof. It is a photo that Hillary took of Norgay with his axe. Norgay offered to take one of Hillary but he declined. The stayed at the summit for 15 minutes

Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 90's

Two moonshiners arrested by federal agents near St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921

Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968

18-year-old crowned Miss America Ruth Malcolmson. 1924

A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, 1945

Chevy Van 1970s
My personal favorite of the bunch was Connie Chung giving a real American F-U to those countries that don't believe in personal freedom.
 
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Misread the one about women grocery shopping in the 70's and showed people making out on a dock. So that's why it takes my wife an entire afternoon.