People are obsessed with celebrities and Hollywood culture. You can see this when you’re purchasing groceries and see all of the celebrity-centric magazines at the checkout stand. People are fascinated with the lavish, luxurious, and dramatic lives of the rich and famous. But, of course, celebrities are still human after all.

An Instagram account called ‘historyphotographed‘ has a rare archive of pictures giving us a glimpse into the real lives of celebrities.

The Instagram account’s description says that they are “sharing the most powerful and entertaining historical images ever taken.” These 30 photos aren’t your typical red carpet or paparazzi type of photos. They’re beautiful, they’re raw, and they’re real.

1. Bruce Lee with his with Linda, and their children Brandon and Shannon. Taken sometime in the late ’60s.

2. A 1992 photograph of Michael Jordan playing basketball with Michael Jackson.

3. The late Hugh Hefner fishing in the ’70s.

4. A family Christmas with the Kennedy’s at the White House.

5. Ozzie and Sharon Osbourne in 1987 with children Aimee, Kelly, and Jack.

6. The beautiful Charlie’s Angels in 1976. Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett.

7. Samuel L. Jackson as a senior in high school.

8. After publishing Journal d’un genie in 1963, Salvador Dali signs copies of the book.

9. Christina Applegate and then-boyfriend Brad Pitt in 1988.

10. Little Dakota Fanning and Brittany Murphy.

11. Rob Lowe, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Robert Downey Jr. hanging out at the Governor’s Ball in 1988.

12. In 1971, Johnny Cash ate cake in a bush.

13. Marilyn Monroe and James Dean taking a cigarette break in New York City.

14. A teenage Christian Bale in the 1980’s.

15. James Dean taking dance classes in 1955.

16. Steven Spielberg with the beloved E.T. in 1982.

17. A young Helena Bonham Carter at the age of 17.

18. Robin Williams was a high school senior in this 1969 photo.

19. Mick and Bianca Jagger celebrate their wedding day in 1971.

20. Brigitte Bardot at Pablo Picasso’s studio on the Cote d’Azur during the Cannes Film Festival in 1956.

21. Fidel Castro playing basketball during an official visit to Poland in 1972.

22. Andy Warhol shops for Campbell’s soup in 1964.

23. Steven Irwin gently handles a baby platypus in the 1980’s.

24. Elvis Presley soaking in the Hawaiian sun in 1960.

25. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love take an old-school bathroom selfie in 1992.

26. In 1953, John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.

27. The cast of 10 Things I Hate About You. Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, and Larisa Oleynik.

28. Mariah Carey was 18 and Will Smith was 19 in this 1988 photo.

29. Clint Eastwood skateboarding in Rome in 1964.

30. A 1938 mugshot of Frank Sinatra when he was 23-years-old.

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By Ashley Fike

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Ashley Fike is a contributor at SBLY Media.