From Out Of The Past... The History In Pictures Thread

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A look at some advertisements from 1976:

David Bowie, Moscow, Soviet Union,1976 by Andrew Kent.

The talented Jessica Lange, 1976.

Peanuts strip from Nov. 22, 1976.

DC Comics caledar from 1976.

Space Mountain, under construction at Disneyland, 1976.

Taken by Steve Jobs, then 21, at his parent’s house, it shows two piles of cardboard boxes containing the first 50 Apple devices.

 

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Ziggy and Iggy, Station To Station Tour, 1976.

The cover for the February, 1976 issue of Fantastic Four. If you wanna know the skinny on what's going on inside, upset with the Hulks' treatment at the hands of scientists, the Thing helps him escape after a battle with the military. Stealing a jet from the Fantastic Four they end up in St. Louis were the do doing battle on top of the Arch! Whut a revoltin' development!

The then romantically linked talents of Jack Nicholson and Angelica Houston, 1976.

Titan of Pro-Wrestling Andre The Giant meets Muhammad Ali, 1976.

April 20, 1976: George Harrison of the Beatles performs "The Lumberjack Song" with Monty Python in NYC.

Ladies and gentlemen... The Ramones, live at NYC's CBGB's, 1976.

George Harrison, Paul Simon and long time producer of SNL Lorne Michaels on the set of Saturday Night Live, November 1976.

Kids hanging out in Windsor,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1976.

Filming the climactic school dance scene of Carrie, 1976.

Cover of Billy Joel's album Turnstiles, 1976.

Spoiler: Billy Joel: Prelude/Angry Young Man

Spoiler: Billy Joel: Miami 2017

 

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Dear C Lee, can I just say how awesome and bad ass you are for doing this thread. Thank you thank you thank you a thousand times over. Each and every picture you post deserves an entire commentary. I love seeing this modern story of humanity on the forum here. What a great genius thread.

 

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That message obviously goes to you as well! Sorry I thought I put both of your names there!

 

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Two teens head out for school somewhere in rural Louisiana, 1977.

A surfer caught in action somewhere off the coast of Peru, 1977.

March 9, 1977, Sex Pistols signed with A&M Records. The day after they did a public signing outside Buckingham Palace. 1 week later, March 16, A&M broke the contract.

A Concorde in the air over Calgary, Canada, October 15, 1977.

The band RUSH, backstage somewhere, 1977.

Prince Rogers Nelson, at the piano, 1977.

Led Zeppelin, Richfield Coliseum, 1977.

The Beauty and the Bruiser... Arnold Schwarzenegger and Raquel Welch at the Golden Globe Awards, 1977.

Woody Allen & Michael Jackson hanging out at Studio 54 in NYC, 1977.

 

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1977 Slim Jim werewolf ad by Jack Davis.

1977, NYC’s Battery Park, World Trade Center in the background, Photo by Fred Conrad.

Suzi Quatro andCherie Currie, 1977 L.A.

Reggie Jackson tries to keep warm on the cold streets of NYC, 1977.

Joan Jett wrestling the Quick's Danny Wilde on the floor of the Whiskey a Go Go, 1977.

Lita Ford, 1977.

Lemmy, 1977.

 

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New York City in the Summer of 1977... Fires, sports, black outs, punk, rap, murder... The Big Apple as it was.

45th Street in Midtown.

Residents of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood sit in folding chairs, July 21, 1977.

Then Yankees' manager Billy Martin, and the team superstar Reggie Jackson, nearly come to blows.

Curtis Mayfield poses inside Studio 54.

Spoiler: Curtiss Mayfield- Never Say You Can't Surviv:

Front page of the Daily News following the blackout.

At dawn on July 14, the Manhattan skyline shows no lights due to the blackout.

Cops contain suspected looters at Grand Concourse and Fordham Road in the Bronx during blackout.

Aerial view of a building burning following the blackout in Brooklyn.

In the summer of 1977, the NYPD discovered a handwritten letter near the bodies of Esau and Suriani, addressed to NYPD Captain Joseph Borrelli. With this letter, Berkowitz revealed the name "Son of Sam" for the first time. The press had previously dubbed him "the .44 Caliber Killer" because of his signature weapon. The letter was initially withheld from public view, but some of its contents leaked to the press, and the name "Son of Sam" rapidly eclipsed the old name.

 

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A platoon of African American troops surrounds a farmhouse near Vierville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, as it prepares to eliminate a German sniper holding up the U.S. advance from the Omaha beachhead.
June 10, 1944.

In this photo is Sgt. George A. Davison and other troops of the all-black US 320th AA Barrage Balloon Battalion VLA (Very Low Altitude).
Sgt. Davison was on board LCT 608 (Landing Craft Tank) with a group of Army Rangers on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
(Source US Army Signal Corps - 190120-5)
“Everywhere you saw a barrage balloon, there was a three-man crew of African-American soldiers with it, to prevent German aircraft from strafing Omaha and Utah Beaches. Also, there was the headquarters unit of the battalion and it too was on the beach. They stayed as long as they were needed. When the beaches were secured, the balloons, some of them at least, were shot down by the Navy, and the soldiers of the 320th were given new assignments moving inland.”

(George Davison and his two brothers who also served in the war, all survived. George died October 2002 aged 80)

 

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Ad for Superman: The Movie from Life Magazine, 1978.

A fan shows off a Polaroid picture he took with Mark Hamill at a meet and greet in 1978.

A man shows off his classic car and rifle and gun while dressed to the nines, 1978.

Harvey Milk, before his assassination, San Francisco, 1978.

A Marine and his bride on their wedding day, 1978.

Rock and Blues musicians and brothers Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughn.

Spoiler: Stevie Ray Vaughan- Voodoo Child: Live

Spoiler: The Fabulous Thunderbirds- Tuff Enuff

Henry Winkler as The Fonz and Robin Williams as Mork on the set of Happy Days, 1978.

Spoiler: Mork Vs. Fonzie

Ad for G&E's cutting edge home entertainment systems, 1978.

Gundam Promo Picture from Summer 1978.

Time Magazine cover for Feb. 20, 1978.

 

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Pusher Street, Freetown Christiania, Denmark, 1978.

Playboy takes satirical aim at Star Wars in an issue from 1978.

Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen at The Roxy on July 7, 1978.

Spoiler: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band- Rosalita

A 1978 Lego display, "Journey to the Kingdom of Lego" ... made from about one million plastic Lego building blocks and includes replicas of Independence Hall, Old North Church, the Taj Mahal, a jungle with animals and a shipyard.

Dennis Quaid, P.J. Soles, and Jamie Lee Curtis at the HalloweeN (1978) wrap party.

Rizla Rolling Papers magazine ad from 1978.

Theatrical poster for the 1978 re-make of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.

Marvel Comics "WHAT IF...?" from Aug. 1978. There's nothing new under the Sun, I suppose.

U2 in 1978.

Janet Jackson, age 12 and LaToya Jackson, age 22 in 1978.

 

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Photos from Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy's surprise visit to the set of "The Empire Strikes Back", 1979.

Topps Trading cards for the classic sci fi/horror film ALIEN, 1979.

Sex Bomb Caroline Munroe in the quickie Star Wars ripoff STARCRASH, 1979.

Cover for the May 1979 issue of Heavy Metal Magazine which featured an illustrated adaptation of the Alien film with art provided by legendary comic creator Walt Simonson.

Barack Obama posing with a group of friends that called themselves the "Choom Gang," Hawaii, c. 1979. Choom was slang for smoking marijuana.

Bon Scott, frontman for AC/DC, July 1, 1979 Kiel Auditorium-St. Louis, MO. He would die 7 months later at the age of 33.

 

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Three friends hanging out, 1979.

Some teens celebrate Homecoming, 1979.

James Gandolfini,1979.

On the streets of Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC, 1979.

The Police meet Ted Nugent, 1979.

Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias performing with David Bowie on SNL 1979.

John Belushi in the 1979 Steven Spielberg film 1941.

Directors John Waters and David Lynch at a Bob's Big Boy,1979, and honestly, where else would you expect to find these two at?

 

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Girl going Punk, 1980.

Bristol Punks, 1980.

The final train to operate on the Rock Island Railroad, March 31st, 1980. In 6 hours, the railroad would completely shut down.

Stan Lee poses with arguably his most famous creation, 1980.

William Shatner hocking cheap computers back in 1980.

Personal snapshot of the NYC skyline at night, 1980.

Man and Dog, The Lower East Side, New York City, 1980.

The baddest Japanese girl on her block no doubt and friends, 1980.

Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi and the great John Lee Hooker on the set of The Blues Brothers, 1980.

Campaign button for Reagan's 1980 run.

 

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Topps Trading cards for the classic sci fi/horror film ALIEN, 1979.

I still have mine.

 

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I still have mine.

 

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Toddler walks around a very patient furry friend, 1981.

On April 12, 1981 STS-1 launched from Launch Complex 39A. Thus marking the beginning of the Space Shuttle Program.

First Space Shuttle Mission, STS-1, Launches - April 12, 1981.

Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads, 1981.

Family portrait from 1981,
Kim Jong-uns elder brother Kim Jong-nam beside his father Kim Jong-il. The two other children in the picture is Kim Jong-uns cousins. The woman is his aunt.

Tom Cruise, Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton on the set of Taps, 1981.

Sammy Davis Jr., 1981.

The "Queen of Disco", Donna Summer, 1981.

 

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Covers for the anthology magazine Epic Illustrated from 1981.

Big city energy, grafitti, overcrowded cars, crime, danger, drama and the status quo of everyday life and Keith Herring's art on display... All for the price of one fare! The NYC Subways in 1981.

 

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A big idea then... A Sony concept for a portable vinyl record player, from 1982.

From out of the 1982 JC Penny Christmas Catalog:

James Earl Jones in costume on the set of Conan The Barbarian, 1982.

Lebanese Militia-Woman, 1982.

Children on their way to school, Bali, 1982.

Stan Lee and friends playing Spider-Man on the Atari 2600, 1982.

Elspeth Beard, the first English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world, 1982.

 

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Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, and Patrick Swayze: The Greasers from Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, 1983.

A high school cheerleader obviously rooting for the home team, 1983.

Two astronauts sleeping in microgravity environment while in orbit, spaceshuttle mission STS-8, 1983.

Sigourney Weaver, L.A., 1983.

1983 Inspector Gadget toy by Galoob.

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg during a water gun fight in Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1983.

80's cutting edge band DEVO with the cast of the cult show Square Pegs, 1983.

Some Native American teenagers hanging out, Macy, Nebraska, 1983.

Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan in session, 1983.

The cast of Facts of Life take a curtain call, 1983.

 

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Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats, from Rolling Stone, 1983.

Words I never thought I'd type out but... Chuck Norris models sleepwear for Playboy Magazine, 1983.

Freddy Mercury getting a mustache trim, 1983.

Graffiti artist Lady Pink, NYC, 1983.

Sharon Stone, 1983.

Lady Liberty and the Twin Towers, NYC, 1983.

Bill Cosby in an ad for Texas Instruments, 1983.

The Eurythmics Annie Lennox, 1983.

Spoiler: The Eurythmics- Would I Lie To You?

 

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Couple rides Knucklehead Chopper, 1984.

Will Ferrell in his High School Yearbook, 1984.

7'UP ad from 1984.

Skate rat fashion, 1984.

Mall cops, Worchester, MA, 1984.

Michael Jackson drops the puck for a game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Vancouver, 1984.

Cheech & Chong at the Oscars, 1984.

Cyndi Lauper in 1984.

Nic Cage, 1984.

 

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Steve Jobs of Apple answers a question while sitting next to Bill Gates of Microsoft at an interview in New York, 1984.

Harold Ramis and his daughter Violet, on the set of Ghostbusters in 1984.

Filming a large-scale harvester model in David Lynch's "Dune", 1984.

Break Dancing girl, South Bronx, 1984.

John Candy, Tom Hanks and Eugene Levy hanging out with Daryl Hannah as she is getting turned into a mermaid for the movie "Splash," 1984. An unintended consequence of the film's success was that there was a sudden increase in girls with the first name of Madison, which before the film was not a common name used by parents to name daughters.

A Rainy Monaco Grand Prix in 1984.

Young woman shows off her urban fashion, 1984.

RUN DMC with Posse, Hollis, Queens, 1984.

View taken from the cockpit of an A-6 Intruder on approach for a trap on the flight deck of the carrier Midway (CV 41) operating in the waters off the Philippines on August 13, 1984.

Metallica, 1984. Photo - Ross Halfin.

 

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Boy Scouts out and about, learning and having fun, 1985.

 

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Kids hanging out around the house, 1985.

Sean Penn & Madonna at their wedding, 1985.

Dee Snider speaking against censorship and the PMRC before the U.S. Senate, 1985.

Sylvester Stallone and then wife Brigitte Nielsen on the cover of the November 1985 Vanity Fair.

The Clash's Joe Strummer, 1985.

St. Louis Union Station - St. Louis, Missouri, 1985.

 

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On the floor of San Diego Comic Con, 1985.