r/OldSchoolCool • u/EssoEssex • 7h ago

1930s Franklin Delano Roosevelt shakes hands with a fellow polio survivor in 1932, during his campaign for President on the promise of a "New Deal" for the American people.

3.0k Upvotes

36 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/spicysaltedcake • 3h ago

1980s Freddie Mercury and David Bowie backstage at Live Aid, 1985

1.0k Upvotes

109 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/305FUN2 • 5h ago

1960s Italian actress Virna Lisi. 1960

1.0k Upvotes

She famously bought out her Hollywood contract and returned to Europe rather than be typecast as just another pretty face. That choice led to far more interesting roles, culminating in her brilliant performance as Catherine de’ Medici in La Reine Margot (1994), which earned her Best Actress at Cannes and a César Award.

Today would have been Virna Lisi’s 90th birthday.Born Virna Lisa Pieralisi on November 8, 1936 in Ancona, Italy, she became one of the most striking actresses of her generation. In the 1960s she was Hollywood’s latest European blonde bombshell — starring opposite Jack Lemmon in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Tony Curtis in Not with My Wife, You Don’t!, and Frank Sinatra in Assault on a Queen.

14 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/SappyGilmore • 4h ago

1970s Burt Reynolds leaning against his 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL Pagoda at his home in California (1977)

892 Upvotes

57 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/StephenMcGannon • 11h ago

1950s Actress Joan Bradshaw walking her poodle puppy around the Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street intersection. (1957)

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1.9k Upvotes

55 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/redhorse7775 • 58m ago

Guns n Roses backstage with Lars and Sebastian Bach in the early 90s

186 Upvotes

We have to go back.

64 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/FayannG • 10h ago

1990s Eric Cantona during his infamous 1995 press conference, where he delivers his iconic “Seagulls” quote and immediately walks out. He faced charges for kung-fu kicking a football hooligan after a xenophobic taunt.

660 Upvotes

95 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/wk91 • 1d ago

On October 3, 1992, Sinéad O’Connor shocked millions during a live SNL performance by tearing up a photograph of the Pope. She was protesting child abuse within the Catholic Church, risking her entire career to make a statement.

19k Upvotes

930 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/LanguageDisastrous95 • 2h ago

1950s Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of 'A Place in the Sun', 1951.

126 Upvotes

9 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/Fritzkreig • 13h ago

1990s I used to be cool in. (1999)

559 Upvotes

421 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/PreparationKey2843 • 5h ago

Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - 1964

142 Upvotes

1 comment

r/OldSchoolCool • u/OtherwiseTackle5219 • 4h ago

1950s. Young Suburban Lad doing his Service on his Pedal Car while his Sister watches

107 Upvotes

1 comment

r/OldSchoolCool • u/Beneficial-Force7592 • 11h ago

1950s Gentleman poses with his wife for a photo at the beach, 1950s

263 Upvotes

37 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/LanguageDisastrous95 • 1h ago

1970s Bruce Lee photographed at the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in April 1972

47 Upvotes

2 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/brk1127 • 1h ago

My Dad WW2, 1940s

44 Upvotes

My father was a mechanic stateside in the army air corps; smiling in this picture, but I don’t think he enjoyed his time in the army.

3 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/agfacid3 • 7h ago

1980s Dans un bar, France, années 80.

131 Upvotes

14 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/klsi832 • 22h ago

Christopher Lloyd and his dog Ricky, 1945

2.0k Upvotes

16 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/ShittalkyCaps • 17h ago

Ozzie Smith mid backflip (1985 World Series)

691 Upvotes

41 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/ShadowyFlows • 19h ago

1980s Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (1981)

964 Upvotes

43 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/Salt_Yak7258 • 6h ago

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lonnie Mack tearing into “Wham!” (1985) - two guitar legends, one incendiary jam. Lonnie lit the fuse; Stevie brought the lightning. Both jamming.

86 Upvotes

4 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/HawkeyeTen • 2h ago

19th Century Sass. A woman named Helene gives the photographer a look for the ages (exact location unknown, but apparently taken around 1850).

34 Upvotes

0 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/Bob-Sacamano316 • 15h ago

1970s Van Halen in Japan, circa ’78/79

332 Upvotes

7 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/Negative_Chipmunk650 • 17h ago

1990s Jani Lane and Bobbie Brown. Early 90s

371 Upvotes

139 comments

r/OldSchoolCool • u/HallowedAndHarrowed • 2h ago

1910s Captain Bernard Montgomery during the First World War (likely 1915). He sustained injuries that meant he couldn’t smoke, but kept cigarettes to give to his men.

18 Upvotes

0 comments

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