Betty Robinson got into a plane crash and was mistakenly pronounced dead. She spent 7 weeks in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk again. 5 years later, she won a gold medal in the Olympic Games 1936

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My local corner store posted some pictures from the late 70s. This is peak.

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My Mother 1968

My mother in black sporting a beehive haircut, hosting a party in the basement of the home I grew up in. Miss you mom.

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As Soviet troops approached Berlin in 1945, citizens did their best to take care of Berlin Zoo's animals.

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Dad showing off his skill to the surprise of his little daughter in Melbourne, Australia ...(circa - 194

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Outside Dave's Art Pawn Shop in Dallas, TX, prepared to go in and videotape my then boyfriend's band with my GIANT camcorder. As you did in the summer of 1991.

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My Friends and I waiting for the School Bus in '89

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Margaret Hamilton reuniting with her Oz co-star on the set of Twin Beds (1942)

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You all saw the high school mullet photo, now see how he grew it out: Peter Dinklage in college, late '80s

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Tim Curry and Diana Ross (1974)

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Inventor, industrialist, philanthropist, and presidential candidate Peter Cooper, ca. 1865

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