Just retired after 42 years as an obstetrical nurse, at the same hospital. Here I am at the start (1979) and end of my career!1mo ⋅ nankie ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Found this old picture of my dad from back in 1976. I feel like the picture captures an awful lot and tells a story. Figured this was probably the best place to share it. Have a Merry Christmas!9mo ⋅ ventface ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A guy with a pony came around my neighborhood selling pictures. I begged my mom to get one - 19836mo ⋅ Treefittygaming ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandfather lighting himself a cigarette in a double-exposure self-portrait (1950s)1yr ⋅ midnighteyesx ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My Uncle Billy just turned 90, so here’s him on his boat during the early 80’s1yr ⋅ jeffpeepgrass ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My deaf father, hugging a speaker to his chest to feel the vibrations of music. Early 1970s.1yr ⋅ LoveMinerals ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My Mama circa '83. This explains why I'm the uncoolest person ever, cos she took it all! Oh and that bike? She built it.1yr ⋅ always-aimee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Terry Crews and his classmate, voted Most Likely to Succeed in his yearbook (1986)2yr ⋅ Phenziox ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandfather always disliked his white strand of hair because as a kid he was teased for it. But I always thought it looked really cool. (1950's)1yr ⋅ musland ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My great grandfather, who fought in the Mexican revolution, pictured here in the early 1980’s2mo ⋅ ElroxMusic ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandma hanging out with Albert Einstein in her backyard. Taken around 19456mo ⋅ OGnilla ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Freddie Mercury said to Mary Austin in his will: “If things had been different you would have been my wife, and this would have been yours anyway.” (1984)10mo ⋅ Iangator ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Me 30 years ago (1991). I took 2 years of my life to travel the United States from Alaska to Texas in my old 1950 chevy truck pictured there. Some of my most fond memories were being on the road during that time in my life.1mo ⋅ kodiak1966 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Milla Jovovich answers fans questions in an online chat on AOL, February 13, 1995.1yr ⋅ Sumit316 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Marilyn Monroe visiting injured troops in Japan in 1954. This poor guy had a broken back and had to heal facedown.4mo ⋅ rose_signets ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg testifying before a Senate committee hearing on the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 19905mo ⋅ Str33twise84 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Princess Diana’s iconic ‘revenge’ dress, worn the night Prince Charles publicly admitted to being unfaithful to her [1994]1yr ⋅ gob-bluth-jr ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My mom in London, at 14 (with the plaid shirt) and a few local musicians.1wk ⋅ Bboy486 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Dolly Parton in the 70's, offstage, relaxed, and looking simply angelic.1yr ⋅ tomjulio ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Rick Steves: Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 — with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of Europe.11mo ⋅ OregonTripleBeam ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
1988. Me with full 80's metal hair, my son and my beautiful mom.2mo ⋅ thewhitedeath ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My dad taking a selfie, using a piece of wood to activate the shutter, circa 19571yr ⋅ RAZORBACK_69 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The Paramount Pictures logo on the day it was originally painted. [1965]3yr ⋅ awfulmspaint ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A 1934 staged photo by photographer A.L. Whitey Schafer, mocking the Hays movie censorship Code by violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image.2yr ⋅ Pariahdog119 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My mom and dad building their house in 1953. My mom (91 now) still lives there.1yr ⋅ Brack_vs_Godzilla ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Claude Monet in his garden, 1905, colorized photo by Jacques Ernest Bulloz10mo ⋅ dikarich ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandma always used to tell us about this kid that would sing at the resort on her vacations in Hawaii. Turns out that kid was Bruno Mars. 19902yr ⋅ Trickydicknick ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
In 1991, my Alabama school photo featured me bursting through a paper wall, on a skateboard with no back wheel, sporting what some might call a mullet.2yr ⋅ lyricistlibrettist ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I found this cleaning out my Nana’s condo. She recently suffered a stroke and is struggling with dementia, but when I showed her this she remarked “look at that wasn’t I something?” and smiled :) [Circa 1958]1yr ⋅ kay-el-sea ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Receptionist waits at her desk. General Motors Technical Center, 19652yr ⋅ mossberg91 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandpa Jack turned 100 today. WWII fighter pilot, shot down in the pacific and holds the world record for oldest person to have braces at age 98!1yr ⋅ Tcherry1234 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
2 years ago I posted a photo here that my grandfather had taken of The Three Stooges in Yellowstone. Yesterday a Yellowstone librarian messaged me on Reddit with more photos of my grandfather with The Three Stooges that we had never seen before. He’s the park ranger in the middle. 1969.4mo ⋅ CaptainOutstanding ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Friend showed me a picture of her parents in the 80's...and it is truly PURE 80's.1yr ⋅ tomjulio ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Christmas 1981 - I had been begging for an Atari for months but was sure my mum couldn’t afford it. Was I ever surprised!1yr ⋅ wishingwellington ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My Grandmother Nancy on her honeymoon near Capitan, NM. Taken by my grandfather on a Kodak Kodachrome, 194910mo ⋅ YiddishThunder ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Daniel Elmore, 72-year-old handyman, is congratulated by two daughters on graduation. He saw to it that all 10 of children got college degrees. (1964)8mo ⋅ Ninjakick666 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos Cookies outside the original store in Los Angeles, 90s1yr ⋅ defactosithlord ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My dad pictured in 1948 wearing the specially tailor-made coat which cost him 3 months wages. I still have the coat.3wk ⋅ Diplodocus114 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My mom voting for the first time in a presidential election in 1972 in Indiana, PA11mo ⋅ jokesbyjo ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My folks celebrating their first married Christmas together. 1968, New York3mo ⋅ danooli ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My photographer Father set the timer perfectly for his proposal to my Mother, 19792yr ⋅ bz_treez ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
1982 - my grandfather’s name was Hank and he sold propane and propane accessories for 35 years.3mo ⋅ kickedtripod ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Ralph Foody on the set of “Angels With Filthy Souls,” the fictional gangster movie seen in Home Alone. C. 1990.9mo ⋅ LazeLinez ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Alan Turing, a British mathematician he is known for breaking the Nazi's Enigma machine. Alan was also victim of oppression because he was gay. He took his own life in 19541mo ⋅ ManufacturerActual31 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Nov 9, 1989—My gf was at the Berlin Wall when it came down and took this pic of an East German soldier. She passed him candy thru the hole and he went away and came back with a Soviet pilotka (side cap) and gave it to her (pic in comments). Sorry for flash glare.1yr ⋅ ecafsub ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Me on the set of Superman 3 in the Superman outfit my mom made for me in 19826mo ⋅ boopdogg ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Betty Robinson got into a plane crash and was mistakenly pronounced dead. She spent 7 weeks in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk again. 5 years later, she won a gold medal in the Olympic Games 19361yr ⋅ onepersononeidea ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Smoking gentleman using an acoustic coupler to send an email with a payphone. Early 1980s.2mo ⋅ semmeess ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery during the filming of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 19893mo ⋅ Stonewalled89 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Before he was Morpheus, he was Cowboy Curtis on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. 1986.1yr ⋅ PM_ME_FOODPICZ ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Harold, 35 years ago as an electrical engineer, before he became the meme!1yr ⋅ mtimetraveller ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My Nana, who is 92 now, in the midst of the Great Depression (1930s). She is with her dog, Rin Tin Tin, who she called Rinny.11mo ⋅ fkmcc ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Prince Roller skating on his Tennis court at home. Photo by Jeff Katz, 19891yr ⋅ Rattlesnake_Mullet ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Long before color-sensitive films were invented, Russian photographer Prokudin-Gorsky used to take 3 individual black-and-white photos, each with a filter (Red, Green, Blue) to create high-quality pictures in full color. This self portrait of him is 107 years old!2yr ⋅ TheCrown64 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I acquired and scanned in over 500 of my Grandpa’s Ektachrome slides. Here is my Grandma in the late 1940s/early 1950s on vacation.11mo ⋅ Cameltoefiasco ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
High-rise installer on one of the largest bridges in the world, the Harbour Bridge, Sydney, 1971. The installer's name is Paul Hogan, in 15 years he will be known as Crocodile Dundee4mo ⋅ MinerHills ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My dad and the Notorious B.I.G. circa 1996 when he visited my dad’s clothing store in Detroit, Michigan1yr ⋅ sloanmar ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Talking with my mom about Ozark and she told me she went skiing with Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) back on New Year’s Day 19871yr ⋅ bhuge33 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My Grandaunt as a Cardinals mascot with Babe Ruth, 1933. Ruth said “she’s too cute so this’ll be the only time I get my picture taken with a damn Redbird!” then took a knee to take a pic with her.1d ⋅ Freelove_Freeway ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Marlene Dietrich is detained at a train station in Paris in 1933 for violating the ban on women wearing trousers.2mo ⋅ Nihilist911 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My younger brother and I after we were just adopted from Thailand in '91. It was just going to be me, but they found my brother living on the other side of the orphanage, so our parents took us both. Always joked we were a buy one get one deal.1yr ⋅ kenistod ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My grandmother was a code girl during WWII. It was her best kept secret until 2017.1yr ⋅ Aek2332 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
In 2012 I came home one day with a new motorcycle, nobody in my family was happy about it except for my Nonna which was suprising. Not long after she dug up this picture of her in Italy shortly after ww2.1yr ⋅ puggernault ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A member of the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka Harlem Hellfighters) holds a puppy that he saved during World War I (1918)1yr ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Audience reaction to the chestburster scene in 'Alien', 1979.6mo ⋅ CaptainWisconsin ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The last picture ever taken of volcanologist David Alexander Johnston 13 hours before being killed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens. (1980)2mo ⋅ Tac_242 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
French woman pouring tea for a British soldier fighting in Normandy 19441yr ⋅ onepersononeidea ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Stealing a drink of wine at a wedding while my mom (behind me) isn’t looking. (1987)1yr ⋅ lanko69 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My son and I in the early 90s. We couldn‘t afford a camera, so we periodically went into a photobooth.2yr ⋅ askalottle ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Jackie & Kelso from “That 70’s Show” remind me of my parents. Here they are on their honeymoon. (1972)1yr ⋅ bdarps ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My great grandfather goofing around before going to the front - 1914.10mo ⋅ Enraged-Elephant ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
