Who doesn’t enjoy a look back from time to time? No matter how modern we become, it is good to remember our past and the people, moments, celebrities, and pop culture that made us who we are today. That’s what you will find in this collection of photos – a mix of celebrities, history, and products from day’s gone by that will make you nostalgic for simpler times.
Monday Night Football with legends Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford
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This iconic trio of Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, and Don Meredith represents the golden days of Monday Night Football. When the NFL first started broadcasting games on Monday nights in 1970, it hired Cosell, Gifford, and Meredith as announcers for the season. The combination was perfect. So perfect, in fact, that the trio continued to announce Monday Night Football games for ABC for the next several years. For many people in the 1970s, Monday Night Football would not have been Monday Night Football without Cosell, Gifford, and Meredith.
A happy Leonard Nimoy with a Hobbit hole cake in honor of his song The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, 1968
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Did you know that Leonard Nimoy was a wannabe singer in the 1960s? In fact, he recorded and released several songs, including the 1967 tune, “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.” Yep, THAT Bilbo Baggins. Although The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy was not released until 2001, the J.R.R.R. Tolkien novel, The Hobbit, published in 1937, was a favorite. In Nimoy’s song, he recounted the adventures of Bilbo Baggins in song form. Apparently the pointy-eared Mr. Spock felt a connection to the pointy-eared Hobbits.
David Bowie with curly hair in 1969
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In 1969, the very permed English singer David Bowie was hard at work on his second studio album, Space Oddity. His 1967 self-titled debut album was not the commercial success he hoped it would be, so Bowie hired a new manager who would help him advance his artistic vision. Bowie was influenced by the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey when he wrote Space Oddity, a story about a fictitious astronaut named Major Tom. Space Oddity was well received by the public and music critics.
Look at that Groovy Buick Riveria
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It was the pre-WWII-era pontoon fenders with tapered tails that inspired Buick automotive designer Bill Mitchell to add the boattail to the 1971 Buick Riviera. Mitchell’s vision for the Riviera was for it to be similar to the Corvette Sting Ray, but on a larger scale. A full-sized car, the 1971 Riviera was larger than the previous year’s model. Overall, the end result was a large, impressive, capable car that looked as cool as a smaller speedster, just as this advertisement for the car suggests.
Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek series
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The world was saddened by the loss of groundbreaking actress Nichelle Nichols on July 31, 2022. As Lieutenant Uhura on TV’s Star Trek, Nichols’ role represented one of the first times that a woman of color was depicted on a television series in a non-subservient role. Lt. Uhura was the chief communications officer aboard the starship Enterprise and an equal member of the crew. Because of her performance as Lt. Uhura, many young black girls realized that they, too, could find success in the STEM field. And, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that Nichols was one half of TV’s first interracial kiss.