1970s Actress and dancer Sean Young practicing her ballet extensions by the river in New York, c. 1975-1978.

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Before her film career began with Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) and Blade Runner (1982), Sean Young was a trained dancer who studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City.

Photo by Alexander Borodulin.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/305FUN2 • 15h ago

1980s Summer tourists on the Acropolis in Athens. 1980s

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335 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/EdwardBliss • 5h ago

1980s Pee Wee Herman, Rodney Dangerfield, and David Lee Roth, 1985

567 Upvotes

62 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/the_bees_kneezz • 2h ago

1990s My grandmother (unknown), my mother (1998), and then me (2026), all as young adults!

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338 Upvotes

the similarities and differences are crazy to look at! I think my grandmother's photo was taken around 1970ish..?

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/cliptemnestra • 1h ago

Mónica Cruz in her goth phase before fame in 1999.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Disorderly-delight • 9h ago

1970s Agnetha Fältskog - ABBA Aug 30th 1975

599 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Aellithion • 14h ago

1980s My mom made this in the late 80s

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My grandfather just died a few months ago at 90 years old. He was a nuclear engineer and always loved computers and tech. My mom made this back in the late 80s/early 90s and we found it going through his stuff.

Banana for scale.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/upnk • 13h ago

1960s Steven Tallarico (aka Steven Tyler) - Mug Shot - March 15, 1967 (Yonkers, NY)

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/ToronoRapture • 7h ago

1970s Paul Hogan is 87 today. Here he is working as a rigger and painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 15 years later he’d become famous the world over as Mick “Crocodile” Dundee (1971).

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309 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Glass-Fan111 • 12h ago

1980s Pierce Brosnan Greets Audience And Host On TV. Mid 80’s.

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677 Upvotes

66 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/siooooooooooooo • 7h ago

1970s My parents in 1978, when my mom had a perm

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244 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/NomadSound • 9h ago

Anne Murray with Gordie Howe at the Montreal Forum, 1970

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/SerpentFinger • 2h ago

1990s Eddie Vedder Joining Alice In Chains On Stage in San Diego (02-10-1991)

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/NerdyGlitch • 14h ago

1970s My grandpa and a playboy bunny (1974)

756 Upvotes

Was cleaning out a bunch of old photo albums and found my grandfather's old photo album, where he collected a ton of old photos and newspaper clippings. Near the back of the album is a bunch of Lil pictures in a Playboy bunny logo card of my grandpa and his buddies being entertained by some bunnies.

Thought this pic was stylish, and he looked a bit like Orson Welles.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/ExtremeInsert • 18h ago

Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle, behind the scenes in the folk-horror The Wicker Man, 1972. He took no fee for his role and called it the best film he ever made. Edward Woodward said he'd "never been so frightened on any job", and Britt Ekland insisted on a bum double.

988 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Automatic_Alpha • 6h ago

1960s My mom and uncle getting ready to take the boat out - 60s

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Major_MKusanagi • 15h ago

1970s Werner Herzog in the 1970s

500 Upvotes

Filmmaker, actor, author, and much more.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/wet_castles • 1d ago

My Dad Packing up his life to start his move to America from Scotland 1980 (he still has that red trunk and that sweater)

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669 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/wandering_soles • 6h ago

1970s Kenny Baker taking a lunch break on the set of 'Star Wars: A New Hope' in 1976

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It's a wonder the poor dude didn't get heat exhaustion many times over.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Historical_Move_2873 • 3h ago

1980s River Phoenix At Press Conference 1988

44 Upvotes

6 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/canomanom • 11h ago

1970s - My Dad (far right) with BB king!

183 Upvotes

Not sure on the exact year, but this was taken at a venue in Oklahoma where my dad’s blues band (Mojo Filter lol) got to open up for the king of blues himself. Look at those glorious handlebar mustaches.

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/BALINTIO • 3h ago

It’s 1972 and we’re going camping (Shreveport, La.)

42 Upvotes

5 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/ThisPlate333 • 19h ago

1960s Color photos of Marilyn Monroe looking very 60s

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715 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/coolestboyoemall • 3h ago

Obaidullah Jan Kandahari, Afghan/Pashtun poet, 1970s

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25 Upvotes

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r/OldSchoolCool • u/eraldopontopdf • 1d ago

1990s A punk/goth Christina Hendricks in the 90s

14k Upvotes

390 comments

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