Groovy Photos So Beautiful We Can't Look Away

Alexandra Bastedo, a British actress, in the series "The Champions"

Photos from the past have the power to inspire and intrigue, but this collection of beautiful shots have something more going on just beneath the surface. Each of these rare historical photos tells a story about a person, sure, but they can also transport us to a time and a place.

Featuring icons from the past that we all dream about, these photos are sure to induce a haze of nostalgia over everyone who sees them. They'll take you back to most magical decades, when anything was possible and life was less chaotic.

Make sure to take a closer look at each of these photos, and spend plenty of time enjoying these rarely seen nostalgic moments in history.

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Batgirl -- Yvonne Joyce Craig -- 1967

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Lovely Jamie Lee Curtis -- Late 1970s

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Farrah Fawcett was the '70s golden girl!

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The infamous singing duo, Sonny and Cher in 1965

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Frank Zappa and his parents in 1970

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Valley of the Dolls -- Sharon Tate -- 1967

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Comedian Steve Martin looking pretty groovy in 1969

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New York "Cabbie" -- Robert De Niro's taxicab driver's license, 1976

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Photo Op -- Marilyn Monroe pouring her husband a drink, 1958

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A brunette version of Brigitte Bardot from the 1960s

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Elvis Presley and "soul-mate?" Ann-Margret - 'Viva Las Vegas', 1964

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Alyssa Milano as 'Samantha Micelli' on the classic '80s sitcom, "Who's the Boss?"

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The MASH clan -- Loretta Swit, Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson -- 1972 

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Fun-filled movie "Beach Party" (1960s) with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon

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One night in 1989 -- What's the scoop? Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt at the MTV Movie Awards

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Hot couple -- Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley in 1983

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Bruce Springsteen in a phone booth, East Camden, NJ, 1978

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Chaka Khan in the 1970s

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Every Which Way But Loose (1978) -- Clint Eastwood and his "sweet" pet orangutan, Clyde

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Cool couple or are they? Britt Ekland and Peter Sellers in the '60s

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The Infamous Dale Earnhardt Sr and his 1976 (one-race-only) #30 car 

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Danny, Sandy and Kenickie on the set of "Grease" 1978 

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Bewitching Elizabeth Montgomery in the '60s

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Elvis posing with Joanne Wilson, a polio child for March of Dimes - 1950s

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Party-time at the U.S. Whiskey A Go Go - historic nightclub in West Hollywood (1964)

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Extremely groovy color photo of Jim Morrison onstage in 1968

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Gloria Paul -- accomplished dancer, actress and singer in England in the late '60s and '70s

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Action-packed movie, Bullitt (1969), with Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset

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Blonde Bombshell, Jayne Mansfield in "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956 comedy) 

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Natalie Wood in Gypsy, 1962

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Olivia Newton-John as 'Sandy' in "Grease" (1978)

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Hollywood's "Golden Couple" Paul Newman and wife, Joanne Woodward in 1965

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Karate lesson? Ron Howard (Richie) and Pat Morita (Arnold) -- "Happy Days" (1974)

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Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla, flying off together (late 1960s) 

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"Dreamland" -- Sophia Loren on a visit to Disneyland in 1963

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The beautiful and sexy Ann-Margret rocked the 1960s! 

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The glamorous Elizabeth Taylor, 1956

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Paul McCartney 1976

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No need for a haircut when you're Joey Ramone, but check out the cheap prices back in the 70's

You're so 'vain'....maybe Steven Tyler is writing Carly Simon's phone number on his arm - 1979.

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Actress Jane Fonda shopping at the supermarket in the late 1960's

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The Beatles, 1961, John, George, Paul, and Pete

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Weird Al Yankovic, circa 1970

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The Monkees monkeying around at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1960s

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The man who modeled as Uncle Sam poses in front of the iconic poster, 1970

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Thomas Byrdsong, Aerospace Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center - 1963

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A young Bryan Cranston and his dog (1970)

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Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1980

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Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville in St. Moritz (1975)

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Bill Nye in the '70s

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David Byrne of Talking Heads in 1978

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Elizabeth Taylor at the Gare de Lyon, Paris. (1971)

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Dee Dee Ramone, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1978

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Françoise Hardy, 1960s

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Jimi Hendrix - February 17, 1967

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Rue d'Antibes, Cannes (1971)

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Kids on their way to Woodstock, August 1969

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Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson, 1978