Some photographs seem carefree when they are first taken and unexpectedly emotional many years later. In these sunlit images, a young couple laughs in the Hawaiian surf,…

Some faces seem permanently connected to a particular decade. One glimpse can bring back cassette players, brightly colored album covers, crowded record stores, and evenings spent waiting…

A photograph can tell a convincing story while leaving out its most important detail. In these resurfaced images, a silver-haired leading man stands beside a much younger…

Hollywood has always known how to create a perfect image. Studio photographers adjusted the lights, hairstylists arranged every curl, and publicists selected the portrait that would appear…

Sometimes an old celebrity photograph does more than bring back a familiar face. It restores the colors, fashions, and television habits of an entire era. In the…

Some photographs capture more than a fashionable evening. They preserve the quiet bond between a father and daughter, the passage of time, and the way one generation…

The most memorable photographs of a Hollywood star are not always taken beneath the lights of a movie premiere. Sometimes they are captured on an ordinary sidewalk,…

Some photographs do more than preserve two familiar faces. They bring back an entire television era—the glow of a living-room screen, the sound of a favorite opening…

Some performers belong to one unforgettable decade. Others seem to carry the history of American entertainment within them. The subject of these recently circulated photographs began acting…