Grace Kelly Can’t Contain Her Laughter
Trying to be serious didn’t last for Grace Kelly, who couldn’t keep a straight face while on vacation in Jamaica in 1955. The images were originally captured by Howell Conant.
Young Mahatma Gandhi
Using nonviolent civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi became the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule that helped inspire other movements of independence and freedom across the world. Here is a young Gandhi in 1921, one year after he became leader of the Indian National Congress.
Before the Icon
Before she was a sex symbol and cultural icon, Marilyn Monroe was just your average brown, curly-haired girl growing up in America. This old photo reportedly is from 1938 when Monroe was just 12 years old.
Baby-Faced Bruce Lee
He would soon be most recognizable for his fists as weapons, but here’s a mid-1960s image of Bruce Lee before playing a thug in an early TV appearance in Los Angeles.
A Young Foxx
Jamie Foxx is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, so it’s no surprise that someone would someday come across an old high school photo of him and share it with the world. We’re very grateful that they did. Foxx is seen here in his basketball uniform from Terrell High in Texas.
Blondie on a Hot Tin Roof
When Debbie Harry and Chris Stein came together to form the band Blondie, they maybe didn’t expect they’d become one of the most popular bands of the 70s and 80s new wave and punk movements. Here’s lead singer Harry caught in a candid moment of thought standing on a New York City rooftop in 1978.
Jack Nicholson and His Daughter
American actor Jack Nicholson often is remembered for his onscreen intensity portrayed through numerous Academy Award-winning roles. But here is Nicholson’s lighter side as he clowns around with his daughter Jennifer, 11, on the set of a film in 1974.
An Artist Goes to Work
Famed abstract impressionist painter Jackson Pollock, with his signature cigarette dangling from his mouth, opens the barn door to his studio, called The Springs, in East Hampton, New York.
Chaplin Meets Helen Keller
In 1919, iconic silent film star Charlie Chaplin met political activist Helen Keller on the set of Sunnyside. Keller here uses her hand to “see” what Chaplin looks like, a touching moment between the two famous faces.
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