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From JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette to the famous faces who defined the decade, revisit the era before smartphones, influencers, and social media changed everything.

The '80s weren’t just about the music — they were a full-blown “things” decade.

From tuning the TV to tearing open a soda can, these 1970s objects were once normal — and now feel like something out of a museum.

The modem screeched, the mall was the hangout spot, and your entire digital life fit on a floppy disk. Welcome back to everyday life in the 1990s.

Some things just have a way of transporting you back to your childhood.

If you grew up in the ’80s, these snapshots will feel like your own family album.

We've been told that a nation watched in horror as the space shuttle exploded, but that's not exactly what happened.

For '70s and '80s kids, these photos will bring back the foil-wrapped chocolates, the can’t-miss Christmas specials, the decorations, and all the magical moments you forgot you remembered.

'Elf,' 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' and many other holiday classics are heading to your local theater.

See if you can recognize these future legends in their candid 1970s moments.

Before streaming shows and work-from-home days, being home sick from school in the 1980s was an experience all its own.

Take a trip down memory lane — and down Main Street — with these photos from the 1970s that capture small-town life before social media and smartphones.