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Vintage celebrity portraits give us a glimpse into the past and a way to connect with icons from bygone eras. These pictures, often taken by renowned photographers, show us things like fashion and style, as well as the cultural and social norms of the time.
But they also offer a sense of nostalgia for a time that many people may not even have experienced firsthand. The images serve as reminders of the enduring influence of certain stars and the impact they have had on popular culture.
And the Facebook page 'Things of the Past' is one of the richest online archives of such memorabilia. So let's take a scroll through its most prized possessions and who knows, maybe we'll see some of our beloved celebs in a way we still haven't.
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#1
Tilda Swinton - 1988
LesAnimaux 2 years ago
Stuning photograph. Tilda has always had an almost unearthly quality about her.
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#3
Remembering Television Legend Betty White
January 17th, 1922 – December 31st, 2021
Portraits of Betty from 1954 during the period she was starring in the syndicated sitcom Life with Elizabeth. First appearing on television in an experimental broadcast in the late-1930s, Betty was a true TV pioneer. Beyond her work as an actress (as well as a singer, dancer, hostess and game show contestant), Betty assumed various roles during her years in television and produced, wrote and directed a number of productions she was involved with, breaking new ground for women in the entertainment industry. Nominated for twenty-one primetime Emmy Awards and twice for a daytime Emmy during her eight decade long career, Betty won five of her primetime nominations, one of her daytime, and received a daytime Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2015. She also won a regional Emmy Award in Los Angeles in 1951
#4
Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald (1954)
#5
Debbie Harry And David Bowie
#6
Silent Film Actress Bessie Love In The Early 1920s
#8
Cate Blanchett
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Given this photo was probably taken no earlier than the mid 1990's, there seems to be a pretty generous definition of "historical photo" used in this thread
#9
Raquel Welch
Lesley Christie 2 years ago
Proof that having skin texture doesn't make you any less beautiful
#10
Mike Farrell, Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, Harry Morgan And David Ogden Stiers Raise A Toast And A Cake At A 7th Anniversary Cast Party
#12
Sean Connery & Michael Caine By Michael O’neill For “ Vanity Fair”
#13
Christopher Walken, Robert Deniro, Chuck Aspegren, John Savage, And John Cazale On The Set Of The Deer Hunter (1978)
#14
Audrey Photographed By Mark Shaw In Beverly Hills, California During The Filming Of ‘Sabrina’ In 1953
#15
The Brady Bunch Meets The Jackson 5
#17
Little Liza Minnelli With Mom Judy Garland At Mgm During The Filming Of In The Good Old Summertime
#18
Harpo Marx And His Children, 1954
Echidna learns extreme ironing 2 years ago
Harpo was always my favourite. Brilliant photo - wigs n all. ☺️
#19
Marlon Brando And Al Pacino On The Set Of The Godfather (1972)
#20
Logo Shots For Metro Goldwyn Meyer In 1928
#21
Ingrid Bergman And Isabella Rossellini In 1971
#22
“The Best Time I Ever Had With Joan Crawford Was When I Pushed Her Down The Stairs In “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”“ - Bette Davis
#23
Al Pacino And Robert De Niro Posing In A Production Still For The Godfather: Part Il (1974)
#24
Ben Kingsley
#25
Jack Nicholson In Paris In 1975
#26
Audrey Hepburn And Gina Lollobrigida At The Marigny Theatre During The Nuit Du Cinema N Paris (1965)
#27
Frank Sinatra Gets Carried Off Stage By Dean Martin While Sammy Davis Jr. Watches, Photo By Art Shay, Las Vegas, 1961
#28
Sophia Loren In The Millionairess
#29
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos)
#30
Jack Nicholson
#31
Hedy Lamarr By Laszlo Willinger, 1943
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Absolutely stunning. And everyone with a Bluetooth compatible device and Wifi should say thank you to her.
#32
Ava Gardner
#33
Audrey Hepburn For Revlon’s “Most Unforgettable Women In The World” Campaign, Photos By Richard Avedon, New York, 1988
#34
Audrey Hepburn, Dean Martin, And Jerry Lewis Photographed By Bob Willoughby, 1953
#35
Buster Keaton, Photographed By Melbourne Spurr, 1926
#36
Michelle Pfeiffer And Al Pacino In Frankie And Johnny (1991)
#37
Paul Newman
#38
David Lynch And Isabella Rossellini By Helmut Newton, 1988
#39
Lauren Bacall And Humphrey Bogart At Their Home In Benedict Canyon, 1954
The remarkable Lauren Bacall knew who he was, let him be who he was, and, in return, he was at last able to give something no other woman could grab from him: his total commitment.“ - Mary Astor, Bogart’s Maltese Falcon costar
#41
Goldie Hawn
#42
Marilyn Monroe
#43
Greta Garbo By Clarence Sinclair Bull For Ninotchka, 1939
#44
Steve Mcqueen - The Thomas Crown Affair (1967)
#45
Ursula Andress
#46
John And Julian Lennon With The Cast Of Happy Days
#47
Marilyn Monroe Signing Autographs For Fans On The Set Of “Some Like It Hot” In Coronado Beach, California, Summer Of 1958. Photo By Richard Miller
#50
The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling With Jodie Foster
#51
Clint Eastwood And Telly Savalas In The Film "Kelly’s Heroes" (1970)
#53
Brigitte Bardot
#55
Nathalie And Alain Delon
#56
John Belushi And The Go-Go’s
#57
Jane Russell
#58
Barbara Eden And Sammy Davis, Jr
#59
Marcello Mastroianni And Federico Fellini
#60
Liz Taylor And Rock Hudson Cementing Their Handprints At The Grauman's Chinese Theatre
#62
Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini
#65
Audrey Hepburn In A Publicity Still For “Funny Face” (1957)
#66
Ava Gardner, C.1952
#68
Shirley Macliane And Warren Beatty
#69
Gina Lollobrigida
#70
James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor And Rock Hudson On The Set Of Giant In 1955
#71
English Actress Jacqueline Bisset Enjoys The Beach During Her First Year Living In California In 1965
#73
Ingrid Bergman, 1940s
#77
Marcello Mastroianni And Anita Ekberg At A Press Event For The Federico Fellini Comedy-Drama La Dolce Vita Held At The Martini Terrace In Milan, Italy On February 5th, 1960
#79
Cyd Charisse Resting Her Feet On Ice, Behind The Cameras After Rehearsals In 1948
#80
Peter Falk And Gena Rowlands In A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
#82
Jane Russell
#83
Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Milton Greene, 1956
#84
Toni Tennille (Of Captain & Tennille), Perry Como, And Loretta Switt (Of M*a*s*h*)
#85
Marlon Brando
#87
Barbara Stanwyck
#89
Monica Vitti
#90
Cary Grant And Randolph Scott
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Cary Grant did many therapeutic trips of LSD to work through psychological issues caused by childhood trauma.
#91
Actress Faye Dunaway As Bonnie Parker, Standing Outside The Merchants Bank In The Film 'Bonnie And Clyde', 1967
#92
Robert De Niro In Taxi Driver (1976)
#93
Greta Garbo “Mata Hari” By Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
#94
Lou Reed, Mick Jagger And David Bowie
#95
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards And Bob Dylan
#99
Priests Mingle With Hippies At The Glastonbury Music Festival In 1971
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
The priests look pretty young, so probably went because they really dug the music.
#102
Showgirl Rosemary Williams Reading, 1949 Photography By Stanley Kubrick
#103
Rita Hayworth
#104
Monica Vitti, Alain Delon
#106
Susan Hayward
#107
Sharon Tate Photographed By Terry O’neill, 1968
#108
Elizabeth Taylor
#112
Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh Psycho - 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Paramount USA On Set Psycho (1960)
#113
The Great Gatsby, Mia Farrow, 1974
#115
Natalie Wood In Manhattan During Production Of The Mgm/Arthur Hiller Crime Comedy Penelope, Photo By Art Zelin, 1966. Natalie’s Costumes In The Film Were Designed By Edith Head
#117
Alan Arkin’s Son David, Rob Reiner, Joey Bishop’s Son Larry, And Richard Dreyfuss
#119
Judy Garland And Jerry Lewis At Ciro’s Circa 1949
#121
John Wayne For 'The Quiet Man', 1952
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hobbitly 2 years ago
So many comments about their physical appearance on the pictures of women but not on the ones of men.
ibyishimo 2 years ago (edited)
Audrey Hepburn is amazing, these are gorgeous photos, but weird that almost all are white. I could be mistaken but there are historical famous actors who weren't white. Other than the couple of pics posted. But my bad?
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
It's not weird at all. The only African-American actor of any note for many years was Sidney Poitier. Certainly the "golden years" of Hollywood were not diverse. The Rat Pack were big fans of Kennedy, but unlike the others Sammy Davis Jr wasn't invited to his inauguration, which is why his friend Dean Martin stayed away.
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hobbitly 2 years ago
So many comments about their physical appearance on the pictures of women but not on the ones of men.
ibyishimo 2 years ago (edited)
Audrey Hepburn is amazing, these are gorgeous photos, but weird that almost all are white. I could be mistaken but there are historical famous actors who weren't white. Other than the couple of pics posted. But my bad?
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
It's not weird at all. The only African-American actor of any note for many years was Sidney Poitier. Certainly the "golden years" of Hollywood were not diverse. The Rat Pack were big fans of Kennedy, but unlike the others Sammy Davis Jr wasn't invited to his inauguration, which is why his friend Dean Martin stayed away.
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