My Uncle Fran while he was in the Marines. Early 60’s. He recently passed away due to abuse in his nursing home.
A farewell party for my dad, when he was drafted into Vietnam. I’m guessing this was early 1970, about a year after my parents were married. They would have been 19 & 20 here, and Mom probably didn’t know it yet but she was pregnant with me.
The only photo I have of my grandfather. I’m sure there is a cool story behind what happened to that thumb. 1952
I posted a picture of my grandpa when he was young and everyone swooned! Here’s the lucky lady that snagged him. My grandma at 18 in 1974.
1993: Aboriginal Australian football player Nicky Winmar points proudly at his skin after dealing with racial abuse during game
My wife and I at the tender age of 16 in the year 2000. We’ve just celebrated our 14 year wedding anniversary.
My mom’s photo from her British Passport for the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago from 1960 when she came to America.
Laverie Vallee ”Charmion” was a trapeze artist and strongwoman during the late 19th century and early 20th century. She was famous for her ”Trapeze Disrobing Act” where she would start dressed in full Victorian street attire and finish her act in her acrobat leotards. 1875 – 1949
Baseball legend Hank Aaron sitting at a gas station in Mobile, Alabama back in 1974, a week before he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
My grandparents shortly after their marriage (cir 1963 or 64). They both passed in the last 7 months.
Quentin Tarantino working at Video Archives circa 1984 just years before he’ll go on to write “True Romance”
A young Milla Jovovich having a burger and milkshake at Johnny Rockets on Melrose in Hollywood (1987).
Robert Downey Jr. & Sarah Jessica Parker (1988). The pair had a seven-year relationship in the 1980s, which ended due to Downey’s drug abuse. They’re pictured here at the 1988 Starlight Foundation Benefit.
Mary Manning, the Irish retail worker who protested against apartheid by refusing to handle South African grapefruit in 1984. She was suspended and 9 co-workers went on strike. They held out for two years