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Robert Shaw in JAWS (1975) convincing us he's on a boat with 2 other people in the middle of the ocean, chasing a killer Shark.
January 4th 1960 - Marty Robbins' "El Paso" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of a two-week run. His song would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961. Robbins would later explain that the name of the character Feleena was based upon a school crush knew in the fifth grade, Fidelina Martinez pictured above.
WHIPLASH
17 year old DANNY DeVITO - Oratory Preparatory School, New Jersey in 1961
Cher's mugshot, 1959, Grand Larceny Auto
Christmas, 1969
Stevie Wonder, London 1967
Marilyn Monroe, 1950
Christmas Eve, 1968, NYC
A hospital stay in the 1950s meant menu choices, with candy bars and cigarettes brought to your bedside
13yr old Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1939
Illuminated tires developed by Goodyear but were never mass produced (1960)
Rockers vs Mods, London, 1961
Richard Nixion, 1930. Age 17
The cast of ‘Young Frankenstein’ join Mel Brooks at The Daisy (Santa Barbara, CA) in 1974.
From l-r: John Morris, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Marty Feldman
August 21st 1961 - Patsy Cline starts recording Willie Nelson's "Crazy" at Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
America, 1959. Real food, real family
The cast of Deliverence, released July 30, 1972
Coney Island law enforcement, 1975
America, 1964
Dennis Hooper, 1955
Clint Eastwood and Jayne Mansfield, San Fransisco, 1962
Set of Gunga Din, 1939. L to R, Cary Grant, Victor Mclaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Coach Shooter, where alcoholism and coaching meet
The Broadway musical 'Hair' opened in New York City, April 28, 1968.
North Hollywood, 1958
March 20, 1961. Ricky Nelson, "Traveling Man"
New Apartment
NYC, 1964
Joplin, 1968
Lou Glutz, the finest used car salesman Chicago has ever seen
God bless America
Like father, like son
Hallelujah - Lucy Thomas
Post-war America, the envy of the world and that young lady is stealing the show.
If I'm going to spend that kind of money, I'm going to call the Osmonds
Feelin' alright
1975
Waylon
The Charcot Shower: "Step right up, hit the Kewpie doll and win a free ride"!
The Baboons - Drinkin' Gasoline
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America's first feminist, and one that actually had talent
A woman's kitchen, 1962
Summer, 1987, poolside somewhere near Cincinnati and everything screams danger
When men were men.
July, 1969, NYPD Brooklyn NY. Patrolman William Winter, assigned to the TPF, took on a woman’s identify in an effort to combat muggers and sex offenders. Winters, who was married and had a child, swiftly apprehended two perverts utilizing the act as an opportunity for an arrest. God bless Patrolman Winters, where ever he is (probably retired in Florida)
The children from St Jude Children's hospital thank this kind and generous man
Welcome to the first meeting of the Sisterhood of the Traveling BallSack
Can you guess which one has a penis?
Democrat women = Nightmare fuel
Eva Cassidy - Early Morning Rain
Fetterman 2.0 just dropped
Randle Patrick McMurphy
1962, Hells Angel, California
Special mention to the guy watching this disaster from his front stoop
1957 Sock Hop
1968
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Vincent LaGuardia Gambini, the greatest trial attorney in the history of American jurisprudence.
Thank you Sam.
Please click him
This is such a beautiful moment; two different political parties, two different colors, three different sexes
March 15, 1982 -
This photo was taken at the New York Hilton on the night of Dylan's induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dylan had one request that night: He wanted to get his picture taken with Dinah Shore. When asked why, Dylan replied: "So my mother will finally think I'm somebody."
Blind Faith, 1969.
Please click the picture of Mariora Goschen
Country
December 9, 1965. A simpler time, in a wonderful country.
Christmas 1966, Debbie Harry, Hawthorne, NJ
Living with Divorce, Tip #27: A slice of bread can double as an oven mitt
The odds that you wore this seatbelt in 1968 was 1.4%
The odds you burnt your legs on it that same summer: 98.6%
White Privilege; the ability to suffer and survive without blaming other groups for their problems
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Walking on the moon is 93 y/o Buzz Aldren's second greatest achievement.
They all have man wives. That's the rule
1970
Seattle, 1973. Charging an electric AMC Gremlin at a curbside charging station. 1hr for 25¢. Odds are strong that both the owner and the Gremlin are dead.
1977, Hot Stuff. If a guy can't find a party to invite these girls to, there's something wrong with him
NY Mets 2023 starting pitching rotation
Janis Joplin, San Francisco, 1968
Midterm Elections 2022
Nov 4th 1963: The Beatles performed for Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon at the Royal Variety Performance. It was here that John Lennon said "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. All the rest of you, rattle your jewelry."
Summer, 1964. For the first time scientists connect sugar consumption to hyperactivity
They’ll find Jimmy Hoffa before they find Chuck Cunningham
Angela
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Smoke
Max Scherzer. Future Hall of Fame pitcher and throwback of the 1st order.
Elvis Presley, second from right, made his first public appearance at a talent show in Mississippi where he won $5 for getting 2nd place, October 3, 1945
“I'll find him for three but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.”
“Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.”
Both, proud US Marines. Baseball was better then
Merrill Stubing is at the top of my favorite captains list, along with Kangaroo, Kirk, and Crunch.
Baily Brothers Building & Loan. A family owned business with integrity you can trust
Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer, kicking ass in golf and lung darts.
Add the 1960s to zero impulse control and the result is self-immolation
1958, Yankees clubhouse. Yogi Berra enjoying a smoke and Whitey Ford having a Knickerbocker beer
Operations both knees…stitches over both eyes…at least 3 nose breaks…sprained shoulder…thigh injury…ankle...bone spur surgery…knee in cast 6 weeks - Willis Reed retires September 1974
Private James Hendrix, 101st Airborne Division, 1962
Get off my Cloud, Los Angles, 1965
"Come on down and get some of this, you rat bast*ed"
Opening day, April 9, 1962. The Washington Senators are playing the Detroit Tigers in D.C.
Additionally; Lower Right, Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior; JFKs left sholder; David Powers, Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to JFK; Mike Mansfield, Senate Majority Leader, behind JFK toward the right of the frame
The Senator's catcher was Bob Schmidt. He went 2 for 4 on that day in history
April 9, 1962 is likely one of the last times both the President and Vice President appeared together in public.
Pure Americana
Jim's Barber shop, Memphis, 1956
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day somewhere near Choctaw Ridge
1977. Look closely, this was the last time Hollywood was great.
Alice Cooper and Edith Bunker, Studio 54, 1978
Pop Quiz:
A) Joe Torre running a 104 degree fever
B) Joe Torre getting a Lewinsky
C) Joe Torre running a 104 degree fever while getting a Lewinsky
Midtown, Manhattan 1965
The score wouldn't look so bad if Mondale hadn't missed the extra point
Beatlemania, Shea stadium, NY, 1965
I see a threesome with a medley of fine fruits and cheeses
Princess Margaret, Lord Snowdon and Elton John backstage at a benefit concert in London in 1972.
Talk about an opportunity for a young lady
Lou Reed as taken by Andy Warhol, 1966
June 9, 1964
George Blanda connected on 62% of his field goals which was the exact same percentage of his friends who died at Valley Forge.
1956
Atlantic Beach, NJ 1966
Johnny Cool, 1963
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John Riggins, the only running back to gain 1000 yards while looking like he directed 1000 porn flicks
They could arrest George Carlin, but they couldn't stop him
Rocket Man, Dodger Stadium, 1975
Gina Lollobrigida, 1959
Toxic masculinity, June 1960
Heaven can Wait
Telly Savalas is the focus of every photo he’s ever been in
Prime Gordie Howe
Carpet on doors = VanSex
America was a better place when Harry Caray was behind the mic at Wrigley field
"I give 'em the hip, then I take it away"
Walt Clyde Frazier, Madison Sq Garden, 1969
"I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior Chief Black Hawk." ~ Jim Thorpe.
Creedence Clearwater Revival at Taco Bell in San Luis Obispo in 1969.
A proud family, as American as apple pie
Below is former ESPN sportscaster, Robert Lee. Robert Lee was canceled by ESPN because of his name, he did nothing wrong. His whereabouts is currently unknown
J6 committee, Day 17
Based on my understanding of physics, he came up short
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, 1975
AN APPRECIATION OF NAOPLEON IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I LOVE ABBA
THE KIDS AT THE TOP WERE IMMEDIATELY ADMITTED TO RANGER SCHOOL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW2
Introducing the "I just Killed Barbie and I'm fleeing to Mexico in a bad disguise" Ken
Learning to swim, backyard pool, 1968. Today this dad would be in jail for child abuse.
I could work for Larry Tate. Solid guy. Lots of day drinking.
Eddie Matthews - Milwaukee Braves, 1959
May 24, 1951, the Say Hey Kid is in Omaha getting a plane ticket to fly to NYC to make his MLB debut the next day. Playing for Minneapolis Millers, Mays was tearing it up hitting .477 in 35 games with 8 HRs and 30 RBIs
#7, Bronx NY, 1958
On the right a guy with 39 successful combat flight missions, to the left a guy who was a machine gunner at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Two American men and examples of the Greatest Generation.
Beechwood 4-5789
Time has reduced these pathetic men to caricatures of themselves. On the left, a mumbling uninterested bore, and the one on the right, someone prone to yelling for no reason.