Old School Cool: Some of the greatest photos ever taken

Last updated on June 24th, 2024 at 12:45 am

There’s cool, and then there’s the timeless “old-school cool.”

Whether it’s the punks of the 1980s or sophisticates from the 1880s, each period has its own version of cool.

Let’s take a moment to reminisce about the rad, the awesome, and the awe-inspiring figures from the past

A man and his beloved pet duck that he raised from an egg, 1994.

 

Susan Kare, famous Apple artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM. (1980s)

 

The Three Stooges visiting Yellowstone in 1969.

 

The Undertaker poses with an older woman, c. 1990s

 

Phil Collins in the 1990s.

 

Epic 80s moments

 

Uncle and Nephew playing poker, c. 1978.

 

Dolly Parton, 1970s

 

Burlington Mayor Bernie Sanders picks up trash on his own in a public park after being elected in 1981.

 

Carrie Fisher feeds Meryl Streep chocolate cake, 1991

 

Mark Hamill and Annie Potts on the set of Corvette Summer, 1978.

 

Heading to a concert in 1977.

 

A young Phil Collins in the 1960s.

 

Sarah Jessica Parker, Rob Lowe, and Robert Downey Jr. at the Governors Ball, 1988.

 

Prince stands victorious over Charlie Murphy during a game of basketball, 1985.

 

Heath Ledger’s Polaroid selfie with Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Julia Stiles on the set of 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999.

 

Hippie dad walking with his daughter. Amsterdam,1968

 

A 17-year-old’s yearbook photo, 1970s.

 

Kurt Cobain with his girlfriend Tracey, 1980’s

 

Awesome frog Halloween costume, 1977.

 

Larry Nance at the inaugural NBA Slam Dunk Contest – 1984

 

Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek at a party, Hollywood, 1995.

 

Vincent Price, Carrie Fisher, Ringo Starr and John Ritter, 1978.

 

Princess Grace of Monaco visiting JFK at the White House, 1961.

 

Ryan Dunn and Bam Margera in their High School yearbook, 1990s.

 

Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz and their stunt doubles on the set of The Mask, 1994

 

Britney Spears and Melissa Joan Hart on the set of the (You Drive Me) Crazy music video, 1999.

 

Queen Elizabeth with her mother in the 1990s

 

Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson pose for a photo in 1982

 

Fisher Stevens and Michelle Pfeiffer, 1992.

 

Sharon Tate at the premiere of Rosemary’s Baby, 1968.

 

Jennifer Lopez at her a birthday party in New York, 1999

 

Jayne Mansfield and Mariska Hargitay, 1960s

 

Dennis and Randy Quaid, 1982

 

Sean Penn’s yearbook photo, 1975.

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hugh Hefner, and Wilt Chamberlain at the Playboy Mansion, 1977.

 

Sting, the wrestler, reading a Far Side book, 1980s

 

Mister Rogers throws the opening pitch at a 1988 Pittsburg Pirates game

 

A hippie teenager in the 70s

 

Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield, 1957.

 

Senior Picture, 1990.

 

Rowan Atkinson and Christian Bale, 1984.

 

The Storyville Jazz Club in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1952

 

Chris Farley and his dad in the 1990s

 

Judy Garland with her baby Liza Minelli, c. 1945.

 

Brittany Murphy, 1998.

 

Woman at the beach in 1910.

 

Marlène Jobert, French actress and the mother of Eva Green, 1970s

 

The cast of Pulp Fiction, 1994.

 

Mrs. Fields, the founder of the Mrs. Fields cookie company, 1982.

 

Kate Capshaw, Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan during the filming of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984

 

Ric Flair meets a 12-year-old Dwayne Johnson c. 1984

 

Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson, early 1980s,

 

Nirvana at a party just before they became famous.

 

Cameron Diaz cheerleading in high school, 1989.

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