Cool Kids of History

A pictorial celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers & everything in between.If you've found a photo, video, or photo essay of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it. #CoolKidsOfHistory

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Brooklyn, 1985

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“My Dad with David Bowie on vacation in Greece, 1988”

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The original sci-fi baddass, Sigorney, testing a flamethrower for Alien, 1978.

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The Three Degrees, 1970

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Harlem grocer standing in front of his store, 1937.

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Amelia Earhart: Aviator and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, standing in front of her “Little Red Bus,” 1932.

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David Attenborough introducing his daughter to a noisy cockatoo, 1959. 

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“My dad and my godfather in San Diego thirty years ago. They had both just graduated from UCSD and quit their jobs. They spent the summer of '89 drinking and flying kites on the beach before one went into medicine and the other went into law.”

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Arnold Schwarzenegger smoking weed. 1975

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Pablo Picasso would carry a revolver loaded with blanks, which he would shoot at people who asked about the meaning of his paintings, 1958.

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, 1990s

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Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, 1990s. 

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Road Trip, 1980s.

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New York City Street Style, 1969.

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Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948

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Man of the Woods: “My Grandpa in the early 70s.”

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Adam West on the set of Batman, 1966