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“Color Magic Barbie” introduced in 1966 by Mattel. Special crystals were used to make the doll’s hair and swimsuit change color. Barbara Millicent Martin is presented as as actual person by Mattel, as is Hello Kitty by Sanrio 😎
My mom as a teen in her bedroom in the late 80sSubmitted by damonian_x t3_11c3kl9
A pig photo bombing a wedding in the 1940sSubmitted by Mad_Season_1994 t3_11dadiv
My great-great-great-grandma from 1889 in WalesSubmitted by CharlieRex0205 t3_11e5opc
Ali MacGraw in a print ad for Johnson's Baby Oil. This was around the time she was hitting it big with "Love Story." 1971
Carlos Santana and John McEnroe, 1982Submitted by elevenghosts t3_11dftlr
Me on my Schwinn BMX bike in 1985. Photobombed by unknown big wheeler.Submitted by drummingcraig t3_11ee80q
My parents, age 15, 1981. I’m loving the vest.Submitted by CommanderAmander t3_11d162r
Not my grandma, but I wish she was 1980'sSubmitted by Comfortable_Low_4317 t3_11boiwy
What do you do with photos that you don’t know who people are? More information in comments. 1940?
Good looking, elegant, and classy. Only $110.Submitted by SonOfMargitte t3_11d9flu
My Grandpa in the 50'sSubmitted by vaccine_man t3_11340p7
Jean Shrimpton on Wall Street, photographed by William Helburn, 1964Submitted by butterflypoo69 t3_11e55f6
Cast from the movie, Juice. 1992. From left to right; Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Jermaine Hopkins, Tupac Shakur. Soundtrack was hot too.
Can anybody put any context to this photo? My mom sent this to me of my great grandfather who was a Marine but that’s about all she knew. 1930’s?
Rolling Stone’s greatest singer of all time, self taught pianist and song writer, Aretha Franklin, 1960s
Renting movies for Halloween 1990'sSubmitted by Comfortable_Low_4317 t3_11ck1hz
My dad in Manchester UK, 1935Submitted by hendopolis t3_11bmuk2
Badass women are timeless: ~1930, my grandmother and the Women’s Auxiliary Motorcycle Club of Chicago at the original Harley Davison dealership.
Senator John F. Kennedy. Photo Toni Frissell, September 1957Submitted by gleobeam t3_11awk8v
Johnny Cash, who would have been 91 today. “Life” magazine cover November 29, 1969Submitted by butterflypoo69 t3_11d082q
some upcoming comedians in the 1980sSubmitted by Harry-Twotter t3_119x2ja
An American officer and a French partisan during a street fight - 1944Submitted by ModAgamid313 t3_11bco81
President Jimmy Carter shares a laugh in 1977 with the legendary Admiral Hyman G. Rickover USN, father of the nuclear Navy, who changed a Carter's life as a young officer with a single question during an interview to join the nuclear submarine program
On this day in 1965 the home of Malcolm X was firebombedSubmitted by sad_eggy t3_1128i06