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While going through old photo albums, I found this photo of my dad in the early 70s in front of his favourite car.
We Gen X’ers were called “slackers” for a reason. Ironically, these couch-locked “kids” now have multiple postgrad degrees. UGA dorm, Athens, 1994.
Stranger Things lied to you. Behold the real 1980’s in all of its drab brown glory. Note the lack of Rubik’s cubes.
Girlfriend and Me - Homecoming, 1992Submitted by Chickenpotpi3 t3_ymw2au
Holidays 1988/89 with my cousin, Debbie Gibson, at her houseSubmitted by lawyeroverhere t3_ymhr0o
Teddy Roosevelt, 1910. He may be know for being shot and then giving speech whilst being wounded, but he was also a cowboy, a police commissioner in New York, invented the forward pass in American football, climbed a mountain while on his honeymoon and had a tattoo of his family's crest on his chestSubmitted by cashmonkey888 t3_ymhart
Second grade, me, 1961-1962. Love those godawful bangs. Thx, mom.Submitted by 2Kittens818 t3_ymcheq
Me with friends, waiting for the bus, 1987Submitted by Lafarren t3_ym5ufw
My aunt in her bedroom ca. 1995Submitted by HagridsLeftShoe t3_ylyi7f
1940s Detroit Kool: My grandpa, the jazz musicianSubmitted by ChildhoodOk5526 t3_ylb78o
Found on r/pics same height party 1997Submitted by porebrique t3_yke99x
My professor dad in the 70s or 80s? can anyone guess what subject he taught?Submitted by pigeonfart420 t3_yijl6z
Lula of Brazil at a steelworkers union event in 1977Submitted by RealAramis t3_yi8frf
Alan Moore, the creator of Watchmen and V For Vendetta, outside his house, 1987Submitted by pydcablue t3_yi7hcy
My brother in the mid-70s about to fly on an airplane for the first timeSubmitted by butstronger t3_yhy4p2
Did you even goth bro? 1995 SubcultureSubmitted by GreatAcanthisitta466 t3_yhwyvw
President Lincoln meeting with the head of the future secret service, Allan Pinkerton and General McClernand in 1862.
1970s catalog coolSubmitted by deltapapa1 t3_ygewwy
Lyndon Johnson listening to a tape from his son-in-law, sent from Vietnam, 1968Submitted by eaglemaxie t3_yg0l22
Phillipe Petit, 1974: he illegally strung a tightrope between the near-complete Twin Towers and walked across. In bell-bottoms.
1912 - The musicians who played as the Titanic went downSubmitted by sguterjunge t3_yfl8hh
ICP subculture (1997). How many of you have this in your past?Submitted by GreatAcanthisitta466 t3_yfadws
Xmas 1996 and I was very much a 90’s kid…Submitted by xmrgonex t3_yf5lno
Elephant-Mounted Machine-Gun - 1914Submitted by OutrightGutter45 t3_yepl6z
My mum dressed as a highwayman in her 20s. Taken in the 1980s, hanging around Epping forest.