Terry Crews and his classmate, voted Most Likely to Succeed in his yearbook (1986)7mo · Phenziox · r/OldSchoolCool
The Paramount Pictures logo on the day it was originally painted. [1965]1yr · awfulmspaint · 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. 19901mo · Trickydicknick · 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!5mo · TheCrown64 · r/OldSchoolCool
Receptionist waits at her desk. General Motors Technical Center, 19652wk · mossberg91 · r/OldSchoolCool
My dad on this day 49 years ago, waking up after getting hit in the head with a croquet mallet to find out he was unconscious through the whole moon landing1yr · Uraniumrainbow · r/OldSchoolCool
Inspired by others I saw so I though I'd share my early 90's family photo1yr · c0grm15 · r/OldSchoolCool
My dad diving off the starboard fin of a submarine and into the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1983.8mo · MightyCornDog · r/OldSchoolCool
Anthony Bourdain preparing a meal in his New York City apartment, 198610mo · starstufft · r/OldSchoolCool
Me and the homies before going to see Straight Outta Compton. The tour, not the movie. Circa 19896mo · iaintsaidshit · r/OldSchoolCool
When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, “What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet the world understands you. “It's true.” Replied Chaplin, But your fame is even greater. The world admires you, when no one understands you.9mo · bittybambi · r/OldSchoolCool
Franceska Mann, arrived at Auschwitz in 1943, when ordered to strip, she did so provocatively, distracting the guards. She grabbed the roll call officers gun and shot him dead, then wounded one more before other prisoners joined her rebellion, before all being shot dead, 1940's6mo · allthekos · r/OldSchoolCool
1985 & 2019. It's all I wanted for my 60th birthday (x-post /R/PastAndPresentPics)3mo · madbear · r/OldSchoolCool
My grandpa worked as a park ranger in Yellowstone, where he took this photo of The Three Stooges when they visited. 1969.8mo · CaptainOutstanding · r/OldSchoolCool
My son and I in the early 90s. We couldn‘t afford a camera, so we periodically went into a photobooth.2mo · askalottle · r/OldSchoolCool
My great grandfather holding my great uncle a hundred years ago in 1919.2mo · Chopperguy · r/OldSchoolCool
Colorized by me: Albert Einstein teaching at Lincoln, the United State's first Historical Black University, 19461yr · veggytheropoda · r/OldSchoolCool
Napping on my father’s chest after being brought home the hospital. I was 4 days old. July 27, 19801yr · Xhkpw · r/OldSchoolCool
Princess Diana being photographed by 7 yr old Prince William -[ 1989]7mo · Sh1fty3yedD0g · r/OldSchoolCool
My weight lifter great grandpa holding my grandpa over his head - 19471mo · brentgolding · r/OldSchoolCool
My dad (front) in Vietnam in 1971. Didn’t know this photo existed until I came across it randomly on the internet. He cried when he saw it. Hope this is the right place to post it.1yr · strawberrygnome · r/OldSchoolCool
How about something other than celebrities and parents? LA, ca. 19801mo · OuijaAllin · r/OldSchoolCool
Leonard Nimoy The makeup folks put ears on my son Adam to surprise me. A precious moment while shooting the original series 1960s6mo · eaglemaxie · r/OldSchoolCool
Bride leaving her recently bombed home to get married, London, Nov 4 19401yr · notbob1959 · r/OldSchoolCool
Today is Hedy Lamarr's birthday (would've been 103). Became a movie star, got bored, then got into science. Helped the Allies during WWII, developing spread spectrum/frequency-hopping technology. Her work created basis of modern Wi-Fi & Bluetooth. (1940)1yr · ILoveRegenHealth · r/OldSchoolCool
A Scandinavian Stewardess examines a new uniform proposal for Scandinavian Airlines in 1964. It was not approved.1yr · dustofoblivion123 · r/OldSchoolCool
My parents at the end of their wedding in 1977. Also them a few months ago during their 40th year of being married.1yr · BrewsTravelers365 · r/OldSchoolCool
Jack Nicholson getting hyped up before shooting 'that scene' in The Shining, 1980.1yr · albo_underhill · r/OldSchoolCool
My Godmother in 1962, as the target girl in a father/daughter knife-throwing act1yr · radicalelation · r/OldSchoolCool
Here’s the “8th Wonder of the World” André the Giant, goofing around with his best friend (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s 315lb grandfather), High Chief Peter Maivia. - 1970’s1mo · wick720 · r/OldSchoolCool
How we brought the newborns out to their moms on Christmas Day when I was a Labor & Delivery nurse in 1980!8mo · nankie · r/OldSchoolCool
My physics teacher retires today, here he is day 1 on the job 30 years ago1yr · RJDank · r/OldSchoolCool
Peter Dinklage when he was a singer in the punk/funk band Whizzy early 1990's5mo · phoeab · r/OldSchoolCool
My dad at his first job at NASA! It is also his birthday today (1986)1yr · sonokoroxs · r/OldSchoolCool
Somewhere between Apocalypse Now and The Matrix, don't forget Laurence Fishburne was Cowboy Curtis on Pee Wee's Playhouse in the 80s5mo · kevinsweeneyrvt · r/OldSchoolCool
This 1973 photo of Marvin Gaye looks like it could have been taken yesterday (pic by Jim Britt)7mo · Didntstartthefire · r/OldSchoolCool
(June, 1986) One of the only pictures I have of our courtship, since I met and married her in only eleven days. We drove that car from WA to NY in three days to my next duty station, stopping at the Elko, Nevada courthouse to get married (with no pictures). We are still in love 33 years later.7mo · zenwalrus · r/OldSchoolCool
My dad showing Mr. Rogers the process of designing toys on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood (1986)1yr · PolyConOne · r/OldSchoolCool
Men taking a smoke break during construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, 19597mo · RyanSmith · r/OldSchoolCool
Cow shoes used by Moonshiners during Prohibition to disguise their footprints, 1922.2yr · yearlyfiscal · r/OldSchoolCool
My Pops finally beating Super Mario Bros. on Christmas night, 1988. The Nintendo was a present for me and my sister.1yr · ThaCommittee · r/OldSchoolCool
My grandfather and great-grandmother in 1941. He always wanted to be a pilot in the Air Force but wasn’t allowed to because of his colorblindness.9mo · sassafras711 · r/OldSchoolCool
Found this picture of me and my pet raccoon fishing together. He'd wait for me to catch and reel in a fish so he could grab it and eat it. Late-1980s2yr · cutecutecute · r/OldSchoolCool
Phil Collins in the 70s looks like he would be the hottest indie hip hop artist in 2018.1yr · tythebassist · r/OldSchoolCool
My Grandmother, a white Jewish woman, looked like Barack Obama in 19622yr · BigDanRTW · r/OldSchoolCool
Exactly 100 years ago died one of the coolest guys to ever wear a sombrero. Emiliano Zapata in Mexico city, 1914. Colorized photo.4mo · SeldomTrue · r/OldSchoolCool
1972 I think my local news team was the actual reference for the movie Anchorman7mo · slayez06 · r/OldSchoolCool
Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun, 1970. She is now the Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.11mo · Justsoinsane · r/OldSchoolCool
A German soldier going against direct orders to help a young boy cross the newly formed Berlin wall, 1961.1yr · Niyazali_Haneef · r/OldSchoolCool
(1989) Me, age 4, so stoked for a Ghostbusters toy from my mom that I went full derp.3mo · xDanSolo · r/OldSchoolCool
My mom in the hospital after giving birth to my sister. Canada 1978. Smokes and roasted chicken eh!8mo · rookdanger · r/OldSchoolCool
My parents, one hour after they met in 1981. They were engaged within the next 24 hours. Still together.1yr · robinson217 · r/OldSchoolCool
My father-in-law saw Queen 40 years ago this week at Chicago Stadium and took this picture of Freddie Mercury belting out a note. December 7th, 1978.9mo · Whoshabooboo · r/OldSchoolCool
Harold Lloyd pretending to be a reflection in the mirror, The Marathon 1919.1yr · deathakissaway · r/OldSchoolCool
My grandmother and 'Big John' Candy. She was a secretary for the accounting firm that handled his finances. August 1988.8mo · rtisdell88 · r/OldSchoolCool
28-year-old Jenny Joseph posing for Columbia Pictures Logo, 199211mo · davidefinitely · r/OldSchoolCool
Me and my best friend, Stevie - 1984 - we were born on the same day, our moms became best friends in the delivery room in 1980.5mo · somedudeborn · r/OldSchoolCool
My Dad and a tiny kitten looking like a modern hipster in the early 1980s. Happy birthday pops.5mo · cptncabinet · r/OldSchoolCool
It was 1965, I was 21, had a hot new Mustang and I thought I was cool. The jury's still out.7mo · La_Lanterne_Rouge · r/OldSchoolCool
My grandma visited his store and asked if he ever goes there. He came out the back and spent the next hour chatting with her in 19921yr · mahoudeerqueen · r/OldSchoolCool
Susan Kare, famous Apple artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM. (1980s)1yr · whyisjake · r/OldSchoolCool
Not another pic of some redditor's mother, but an actual old school cool photo of a technician doing telephone switch maintenance in New York, 193810mo · ConcernedEarthling · r/OldSchoolCool
My buddy Wholewheat flexing his cassette copy of Nirvana's bleach circa 19935mo · galatear · r/OldSchoolCool
Today is my 31st wedding anniversary. It was blistering hot on July 16, 1988. I went bald and she went blonde but we're still together and still in love.1mo · UnusualAmbassador · r/OldSchoolCool
This 102 yr old man has driven the same Rolls Royce for 82 years--A 1928 Rolls Royce2yr · TheKingOfKolo · r/OldSchoolCool
Brooklyn Supreme, the biggest horse ever. 199 cm tall and 1450 kg weight. 19301yr · billionnet · r/OldSchoolCool
My grandmother and great grandmother late 1920s China. Since she was the only child, they kept her hair short like a boy so that she would be respected as the future head of the household. She also told me she refused to take this picture until they bribed her with grapes.6mo · mugentim · r/OldSchoolCool
Slash before he grew out his hair, playing with his band Tidus Sloan at Fairfax High School, 1982.6mo · curlysass · r/OldSchoolCool
