(1970’s) Lois Gibson, former model and Guinness World Record holder for sketch artist who has solved the most crimes
Jim Morrison with his weed man at LAX in 1968. Jim Morrison’s weed man went on to have a small time acting career, portraying smuggler Han Solo in “Star Wars” and Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
19 year-old Shigeki Tanaka was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and he then went onto win the 1951 Boston Marathon. The crowd was silent.
My Dad, Auntie, Nan and Grandad in their finest. Heading to the airport to migrate to Australia. Chelmsford, England, 1967.
In 1975 Queen had to decide which single to release after Bohemian Rhapsody …. they chose John Deacon’s first single in all his five years with the band, and Roger Taylor didn’t think it would be a hit. You’re My Best Friend hit number seven on the UK charts and sold over 1million copies in the UK
My parents working to increase blood flow to aid in their child’s early brain development circa 1982.
1979. My mother, a baller. Still holds the record for most points in a women’s basketball season at our high school – before the 3 pt line was established.
This old motivational poster of Carrie Fisher above my study table was why I had to get carpal tunnel surgery in middle school. 1982
Another pic of my parents. Dad posing in an unusually serious fashion, with Mom answering the door in the background. Easter 1967
Talking with my mom about Ozark and she told me she went skiing with Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) back on New Year’s Day 1987
My great grandfather(1917)and myself(2019) Not a lot is known about his life but I’m pretty sure we’re related 😂
Liberian George Weah poses with the Ballon d’Or, regarded as football’s most prestigious and valuable individual award. To this day, he is the only African to have won the award. 1995
Saundra Brown, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun, 1970. She is now the Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players.
Twenty-four year old actress Billie Burke in a promotional picture, taken at the beginning of her career in 1908. She is known to most of us as Glinda the Good Witch of the North.
Did anyone else have a celebrity crush on Barbara Eden, from the sitcom I Dream of Genie (1965-1970)?