Retro Photos We Never Knew Were Captured

By Sarah Norman | May 23, 2023

Denzel Washington in the 70's.

It’s once again time to take a peek into the old Groovy History archives and when you see what we have collected here you’ll be full of nostalgia in no time. Old school toys, long outdated technology, and favorite cartoons and TV shows... collected here are some pretty groovy Kodak moments form the not so distant past.

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Pictured here is a young Denzel Washington back in the 1970s when he first got his start in acting. He is definitely looking much sharper these days... He spent the 70’s and 80’s trying to make a name for himself and now he’s one of the biggest names in Hollywood. His major career break came in 1982 when he starred as Dr. Phillip Chandler in NBC's television hospital drama St. Elsewhere, which ran until 1988.

Once he transitioned into films that was it, he was just in demand all the time and pumping out all kinds of big budget feature films: Malcolm X, Philadelphia, The Pelican Brief, Fallen, The Bone Collector, Training Day, Remember The Titans, American Gangster, The Book of Eli … the list just keeps going. 

Iggy Pop crowd surfing, 1970

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Pictured here is a crowd surfing Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk. Born James Newell Osterberg, Iggy Pop started out drumming with his first band, the Iguanas, in the early '60s. After graduating from high school in 1965, Pop did a brief stint at the University of Michigan before dropping out and shifting his focus back on his music. His heart always belonged to rock & roll… so he decided to form a rock band. In 1967, he dropped his drumsticks and took on frontman status, then teamed with bassist Dave Alexander, guitarist Ron Asheton and his brother, drummer Scott Asheton– thus forming the Psychedelic Stooges.

After Pop and icon David Bowie formed a friendship and started working on projects together, Pop’s career received a massive boost. In 1977, Pop signed with RCA Records as a solo artist and Bowie helped write and produce The Idiot and Lust for Life. These two albums went on to become Pop's most acclaimed albums as a solo artist.