We love to romanticize the past. Whether it’s through classic films like The Breakfast Club, our parents’ favorite albums from when they were in high school or stories about how magical Woodstock was back in ‘69, there’s something so sweet about nostalgia (even if it’s for a time we never personally experienced!).
So if you’re feeling like getting a blast from the past through some fascinating vintage photos, we’ve got the perfect list for you down below. We’ve gathered some of our favorite photos from the Cool Old School and Cool Past Pics Twitter accounts, so you too can feel like a cool kid from days past. Be sure to upvote all of the pictures that you wish you had been there to take or photobomb, and then let us know in the comments what event you would attend if you had a time machine to take you there. Keep reading to also find interviews with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, and Mark Bilash, the man behind Vintage and Vogue Photography, to hear their insight on the topic of vintage pics.
Then if you haven’t had enough of these nostalgic shots, you can find another Bored Panda article featuring fun photos from the past right here.
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This is a famous photo.its the liberation of Buchenwald. The prisoner is pointing out a particularly cruel guard to the allies for further action by a court. Photo by Harold M. Roberts, April 14, 1945
The light hasn’t come through the windows like that for decades. Tall buildings. 🙁
Mom mode activated! Spins around...DIDN'T I SAY QUIT HITTING YOUR SISTER!
So, you could say she was having a...Roman holiday? Eh? (I'll see myself out lol)
My mom saw them live in the 90s. She also saw Metallica and linkin park. She’s pretty cool
Not sure how to say this without sounding weird but I love how she has a realistic looking stomach and isn’t trying to hide it <3
I can practically hear 'Moonlight Serenade' playing in the background...
Doubtful. The school admins of 1969 would be total pucketbutts and demand she go home and put on a bra & a longer skirt.
Gemini IV. He was enjoying it so much he had to be ordered back into the spacecraft.
The dude in the back with the 'stache, mullet and short shorts is winning the mall fashion game.
I know what you're thinking. Did it fire six cylinders or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself
I appreciate that adverts feel and look as natural in the 1950’s as today’s adverts do. Consistency.
Maybe I'll get backslash for saying this, but it's much, *much* more pleasant-looking. The visual pollution that is current Times Square is a bit of an eyesore, I must confess (at least it was to me when I went there).
I suspect it might be something else she's loving 🤣she's having a lovely trip.
My mum has a story about going on a school excursion where they were allowed to wear casual clothes (normally had a school uniform). Her mum had sewn her a pair of hotpants that she wore, but when she got to school she found no one else was as 'dressed up' as her and she was really embarrassed. I just wish I had a photo!
The Z-Boys were a group of American skateboarders in the mid-1970s from Santa Monica and Venice, California. Their innovative surfing-based style and aerial moves formed the foundations of contemporary vert and transition skateboarding.
What a beauty! Curves where it counts and quite the thin body... The woman on top of it looks beautiful, too
Alternative title - 9 year year old tweets that show how Twitter as changed.
Alternative title - 9 year year old tweets that show how Twitter as changed.
