Regardless of when you think “the good old days” actually were, many of us harbor a special respect for the past. These photos show people that had an appreciation for style, taste and class that seems to be harder to find these days.
If you have a photo showing what class looked like in “the good old days,” we’d love to see it! Please add it to us or let us know about your favorite time period in the comments.
(h/t: designyoutrust)
#1 A Young Harrison Ford
#2 American Actor Paul Newman During A Trip On A Water Taxi In Venice (1963)
Image source: archiviocameraphoto.com
#3 A Man In A Suit And Sunglasses Rides A Skateboard Down A Hill Path In Central Park, New York (1965)
Image source: Bill Eppridge
#4 Louis Armstrong Plays For His Wife In Giza (1961)
Image source: Bettmann
#5 Sunday Morning On The South Side Of Chicago (1941)
Image source: Russel Lee
#6 Clint Eastwood Walking In Rome (1960s)
Image source: Historical Pics
#7 Audrey Hepburn At The Roman Holiday Premiere (1953)
#8 Plunging Necklines In 1950s
Image source: Nina Leen
#9 A Man Ice Skating (1937)
Image source: John Albok
#10 A Young Couple Dancing Be-Bop At Vieux Colombier Theatre In Paris (1951)
Image source: Robert Doisneau
#11 Muhammad Ali
#12 Caroline Kennedy Walks In Front Of Her Father, President Of United States, While He Carries Her Doll (1963)
Image source: Hulton Archive
#13 Cary Grant Stops In London On His Way Home To Bristol To Visit His Mother (1946)
Image source: Bettmann
#14 A Young Sean Connery Smoking A Cigar
#15 Sigourney Weaver Dressed As A Man, Los Angeles (1983)
Image source: Helmut Newton
#16 Actress Brigitte Bardot Watching Pablo Picasso At Work In His Studio In Vallauris (1956)
Image source: Jerome Brierre
#17 A Stylish Couple In The Rain
#18 A Young Kevin Spacey (1980s)
Image source: Andrew Brucker
#19 Clint Eastwood With Actresses Olive Stargess And Dani Crayne In San Francisco (1954)
Image source: Pierre-Henri Verlhac
#20 A Life Guard, Brighton Beach, New York (Between 1901 And 1906)
Image source: loc.gov
#21 Teenagers On A Date In The 1950s
#22 Elspeth Beard, First Englishwoman To Ride A Motorbike Around The World (1980s)
Image source: motorcyclistonline.com
#23 Sophia Loren, Italian Film Actress, Who Won An Oscar, Grammy, And Golden Globe Awards
#24 Ernest Hemingway Passport Photograph (1923)
Image source: archives.gov
#25 1950s Greasers
#26 Carmen Dell’orefice, New York (1958)
Image source: Jerry Schatzberg:
#27 English Film Actor Michael Caine At Home With His Mother And Brother (1964)
Image source: Harry Dempster
#28 The Queen Elizabeth II And The Duke Of Edinburgh Watching Competitors At The Badminton Horse Trials (1968)
Image source: John Scott
#29 Frank Sinatra Steps Out Of A Helicopter (1964)
Image source: Yul Brynner
#30 Albert Einstein Smoking A Pipe (1940)
Image source: Lucien Aigner
#31 British Actress Diana Rigg, Also Known As Olenna Tyrell From Game Of Thrones (1967)
Image source: John Downing
#32 First Actual Photo Session Of The Beatles In Hamburg (1960)
Image source: Astrid Kirchherr
#33 Einstein At Nassau Point, Long Island, New York (1939)
#34 Portrait Session With Marilyn Monroe (1957)
Image source: Richard Avedon
#35 French Actress Brigitte Bardot On The Set Of The Ballad Of Frenchie King (1971)
Image source: Terry O'Neill
#36 Couple On Michigan Avenue, Chicago (1975)
Image source: archives.gov
#37 Teenagers And Their Car
#38 Alice Denham And Her Royal Hh Typewriter In (1957)
#39 Actors Dean Martin And Angie Dickinson on the set of Rio Bravo (1959)
Image source: unknown
#40 Paul McCartney Of The Beatles And Mick Jagger Of The Rolling Stones Sit Opposite Each Other On A Train At Euston Station (1967)
Image source: Victor Blackman
#41 Children In Ballroom Dancing Class (1945)
Image source: Alfred Eisenstaedt
#42 Skater Girl
#43 Teen Fashion In 1950s
#44 Girl On A Scooter
#45 Singer David Bowie Sharing A Cigarette With Actress Elizabeth Taylor In Beverly Hills (1975)
Image source: Terry O'Neill
#46 A Young Boy Stealing The Show On The Dance Floor
#47 First U.S. Debutante Ball Held At Versailles Palace (1958)
Image source: Loomis Dean
#48 David Bowie Was Arrested In A Hotel Suite After Performance In Rochester (1976)
Image source: Rochester Police Department
#49 Couple Kissing In Times Square On Vj Day (1945)
Image source: Ezra Stoller
#50 Chicago Train (1950s)
Image source: Vivian Maier
#51 Elvis In The Army
#52 Audrey Hepburn And George Peppard Filming Breakfast At Tiffany’s In New York, 1960.
#53 American Actor and Director Orson Welles (1938)
Image source: The American Magazine
#54 Frank Sinatra Arrives At Miami Beach With His Entourage (1968)
Image source: Terry O'Neill
#55 Teenage Couple On Hudson Street, New York (1963)
Image source: Diane Arbus
#56 Elton John At His Piano Bar Aboard His Private Jet (1974)
Image source: Terry O'Neill
#57 Jimi Hendrix At Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
Image source: William James Warren
#58 Couple With A Cadillac (1932)
Image source: James van der Zee
#59 Paul Newman And Robert Redford Playing Ping Pong
Image source: 3.bp.blogspot.com
#60 Old Family Photo
#61 American Actress Faye Dunaway Takes Breakfast By The Pool With The Day’s Newspapers (1977)
Image source: Terry O'Neill
#62 Corona Del Mar High School Students Kim Robertson, Pat Auvenshine And Pam Pepin Wear “Hippie” Fashions (1969)
Image source: Arthur Schatz
#63 Salesman Mike Dreschler Has His Motorised Roller Skates Refuelled At A Petrol Station Near Hartford (1961)
Image source: F. Roy Kemp
#64 American Astrophysicist And Cosmologist Neil Degrasse Tyson Was An Amateur Wrestler In High School And College
#65 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Arrives With Members Of His New Cabinet For Swearing In Ceremonies At Government House In Ottawa (1968)
Image source: Doug Ball
#66 Men Playing Poker
Image source: nos.twnsnd.co
#67 The Everly Brothers
Image source: EverlyBrothersInternational&
#68 Brigitte Bardot, 1959
#69 My Father, Lawrence N. Brown, Circa 1935.
#70 Chilean Wedding (my Parents), 1974
#71 Young Couple In Florence, My Dad & Mom (1964 Ca.)
#72 Mr. Astaire Was Always Stylin’!
Image source: markdsikes.com
#73 Mother And Daughter; Circa.1935
#74 Graduation Photo; 1940
#75 Mechanic Who Was The Inspiration For The “millennium Falcon.”
#76 Two Women Standing Out Front Of An Asylum; Circa 1915
#77 Young Woman Smoking A Cigar; Circa. 1950
#78 Soldiers; 1918
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