Eight black and white school yearbook portraits arranged in two rows.
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When one opens the yearbook and 1975 flips right back to life, it’s easy to see just how much the world has changed. And sure, while it’s changed, it hasn’t lost all of that lovely charm in the process. There are plenty of loud colors and groovy vibes running around outside. These snapshots are just extra fun when it comes to telling a bit of 1975’s story.

1. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has shown skills since his early years

A black-and-white yearbook page shows students holding trophies and attending a school event. The top images feature students smiling with awards. The bottom photo shows a crowd, including cheerleaders and staff, in a gym or hall.
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2. This little guy is rocking his Blue Ribbon shirt

A smiling child with short, light brown hair wears a collared shirt covered in a repeating Pabst Blue Ribbon beer logo pattern, posing for a vintage-style school photo.
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3. Coolness on point for yearbook picture

A young man with thick glasses, a mustache, and prominent sideburns smiles gently. He is wearing a suit jacket, dress shirt, and tie. The photo is in black and white and appears to be a vintage portrait.
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4. He lost the fight with the comb before picture day

Black and white portrait of a young person with curly, messy hair, wearing a suit jacket, collared shirt, and tie, looking slightly away from the camera with a neutral expression.
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5. Yearbook or headshot?

A man with curly hair and a mustache wears a gray suit jacket over a wide-collared white shirt. The background is a warm, faded brown. The photo has a vintage look.
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6. These ladies matched their dresses and hairstyles

A black-and-white yearbook page with fifteen individual portraits of young men and women dressed formally, arranged in three rows. Most are wearing dark attire with light backgrounds.
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7. Smiling for the 1975 yearbook

A teenage girl with long blonde hair smiles while holding books and folders. She is wearing a navy blue sweater and stands in front of a brick wall, posing for a photo.
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8. A whole lot of 1975 in one page

A grid of yearbook-style portraits featuring teenage boys and girls in formal attire, along with one black-and-white photo of a crouching person in casual clothes at the top left.
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9. David Duchovny and JFK were prep school classmates

Two black-and-white yearbook photos: on the left, a young man in a suit and tie; on the right, another young man in a turtleneck and blazer sitting with his legs crossed. The labels read "D Duchovny" and "J Kennedy.
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10. The faculty picture couldn’t be absent from this roundup

A group of women in colorful 1970s clothing pose indoors for a faculty photo, with a sign in front reading "Fuehrminger Faculty 1975"; some are seated, others stand behind them in rows.
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11. Large glasses and big hair, classic 1975

A black-and-white yearbook page showing portraits of students. The middle image features a young man with glasses and wavy hair, wearing a collared shirt and jacket, labeled "Perry Burch." Other portraits and names are also visible.
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12. A great look here

Black and white yearbook photo of a young man with an Afro hairstyle, glasses, and a mustache, wearing a dark jacket and turtleneck. The name "Powell Burns" appears below the photo.
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13. Favorite Subject: Lunch

A yearbook page features Merle C. Allin's portrait, a childhood photo of him on a tricycle, and a photo of Alice Cooper. Text lists his favorites, hometown (Lunenburg), and ambition: "To travel.
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14. The Student Association Class Senators getting theatrical for picture day

Four people sit on separate concrete ledges above narrow windows on a brick building. The caption reads "Student Association Class Senators.
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15. This little man ended up being the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space

Black and white yearbook photo of a young person with short, dark wavy hair, wearing a collared shirt under a sweater, looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
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Meet the Writer

Matt has spent over the last 8 years as both a writer and editor, working in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally maniacal, pigeons. They always have a lot to say. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a new book and/or some friends, or just as easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.

These days Matt’s caught up in trying to provide folks as many vivid glimpses into the days long since passed as he can, through fun and engaging collections of hand-picked vintage photos.