Pictures of 13-Year-Old Sean Penn as His First On-Screen Role on ‘Little House on the Prairie’

Moviegoers remember first encountering Sean Penn as surfer-stoner Jeff Spicoli in the 1982 coming-of-age comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. But Penn’s acting debut actually came in 1974, when he had a small role in an episode of Little House on the Prairie – directed by his father, Lea Penn.

“The Voice of Tinker Jones” is the 11th episode in the first season of Little House on the Prairie and it aired in 1974. Leo Penn directed the episode, and he cast his wife Eileen Ryan and son Sean Penn in the episode.

In the episode, Sean Penn appeared as an uncredited extra; and it was Penn’s first-ever TV role. At the time, Sean Penn was 13 years old. While the role was uncredited, Little House on the Prairie still served as Penn’s debut as an actor.

Over the years, Sean Penn has gone on to receive acclaim for his work. He won Academy Awards for his roles in the 2003 film Mystic River and the 2008 film Milk.

Spooky Hidden Mother With Scratched Out Face Photographs

The hidden mother, or, more accurately, the hidden mother’s body, in family photos is a metaphor for what can happen to a woman’s identity when she has children. She’s no longer considered a valuable person in her own right, but instead becomes known first and foremost as somebody’s mother and is primarily judged accordingly.

Motherhood often coincides with middle age, a time when women begin to feel invisible because they no longer meet the cultural definition of eye candy. They disappear from movies, get shuffled out of prime-time TV spots and replaced with younger women. If older women do appear, it’s mostly in ads selling scented candles and life insurance.

A while back, bizarre photos of baby pictures with hidden mothers from the Victorian era circulated around the internet. The mothers hid themselves under curtains or sheets to make themselves invisible. In some cases the mothers’ faces seem to be scratched off the photos. Some have asked “if it is the mother why scratch out the face?”

The theory that most “hidden mothers” were actually assistants of the photographer who helped prepare the women and children for their photographs and held the children when needed. The theory is that if it was the mother there would be no need to hide them and certainly, as in these cases, to block out the face.

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40 Vintage Photos of American Children During the Great Depression Era

The economic collapse of the 1930s was staggering in its dimensions. Unemployment jumped from less than 3 million in 1929 to 4 million in 1930, 8 million in 1931, and 12 1/2 million in 1932. In that year, a quarter of the nation’s families did not have a single employed wage earner. The economic collapse was terrifying in its scope and impact. By 1933 average family income had tumbled 40 percent, from $2,300 in 1929 to just $1,500 four years later.

American children in the 1930s

In the Pennsylvania coal fields, three or four families crowded together in one-room shacks and lived on wild weeds. In Arkansas, families were found inhabiting caves. In Oakland, California, whole families lived in sewer pipes. Vagrancy shot up as many families were evicted from their homes for nonpayment of rent. Free public flophouses and missions in Los Angeles provided beds for 200,000 of the uprooted.

To save money, families neglected medical and dental care. Many families sought to cope by planting gardens, canning food, buying used bread, and using cardboard and cotton for shoe soles. Despite a steep decline in food prices, many families did without milk or meat. In New York City, milk consumption declined a million gallons a day.

The Depression had a powerful impact on family life. It forced couples to delay marriage and drove the birthrate below the replacement level for the first time in American history. The divorce rate fell, for the simple reason that many couples could not afford to maintain separate households or pay legal fees. But rates of desertion soared. By 1940, 1.5 million married women were living apart from their husbands. More than 200,000 vagrant children wandered the country as a result of the breakup of their families.

These amazing vintage photos from San Marcos Daily Record show what American children looked like during The Great Depression era.

Boy giving a horse some hay

Boy holding a pale, feeding pigs

Boy holding a small hammer, kneeling next to a couple wood planks

Boy holding a stick, walking through a forest

Boy kneeling outside, wearing a coat and hat, next to a stuffed or paper-made bunny on Easter

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35 Found Photos Show Lifestyle of the ’50s American Teenagers

The 1950s was a decade of dramatic shift in the way Americans grew up and the activities that they were involved in. During the ’50s teenagers saw responsibilities shrink and free time increase. During this time parents who had survived WII felt an increase in desire to have their children have a better life.

The availability of social interaction between teenagers saw a surge in the creation of slang terms covering everything from dating, music to general descriptions of those events themselves. Also, as teenagers became more independent of their parents conflict between the desires of the parents and the teenagers increased and eventually caused the term “generation gap” to enter into American English during the 1960s.

The one major cultural shift that occurred during the 1950s centered around music and the creation of Rock and Roll. Previous generations had gathered around the radio to listen to music. However, with the invention of the record things got a little crazy. Teenagers could now buy and play music they wanted to listen to. They also began attending rock concerts instead of just dances.

Another large part of teenage culture were cars.

These found photos from Steve Martin show what lifestyle of American teenagers looked like in the 1950s.

A group of teenage girls take a spin in a red convertible

A teenage girl performs a headstand while a couple other watch

Brunette girl with bangs

Girl appearing to be using a transistor radio

Girl at car

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Childhood Photos of Tom Cruise as a Soccer Player During His Time at High School

Before he was a movie star, Tom Mapother aka Tom Cruise played high school soccer while growing up in Canada before a knee injury ended his sporting activities in his senior year.

He’s often spotted at LA Galaxy matches, recently showed off his playing skills with Cameron Diaz on a movie set, and let’s not forget his ongoing bro-mance with David Beckham.

It’s not clear what position Cruise played, but at 5’7” Cruise probably wasn’t a centre-half or a target man.

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Ozzy Ironing a Baby, 1983

Ozzy Osbourne ironing a baby in 1983 as photographed by Mark Weiss. Weiss was a photographer for Circus Magazine beginning in the late 1970s where he began photographing Rock music’s legends. He has photographed many popular album covers including several for Bon Jovi.

“That’s Ozzy with his daughter, Aimee, in 1984,” Weiss told The Rolling Stone. “That was a play off of his album, Diary of a Madman. It was for a Mother’s Day issue [of Faces magazine]. The idea was to dress him up like a mad housewife, you know, Diary of a Madman/Diary of a Mad Housewife.

“Aimee came in at the end of the shoot, and I said, “We have to throw her into the shot.” There are actually some photos of him ironing Aimee, too. And after it came out, people were like, “How could you do that?” I was like, “We didn’t do that. It was a prop. The kid is OK.” But me and Ozzy got a lot of attention for a lot of photo shoots we did.”

Vintage Photos of Babies Learning to Walk With a Wicker Frame From the Early 20th Century

Does a baby walker help a child learn to walk? Some are clearly intended for walking practice. Others seem to be more for adult convenience. Though similar un-wheeled wicker walkers can help babies get around, those in the pictures seem to be rather restrictive.

Baby walkers were known as early as the 15th century in Europe. An illumination in the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, a Dutch manuscript from that time, depicts the infant Jesus in a wooden baby walker. The 16th century medical writer Ferrarius recommended them for training an infant to walk. In the 17th century they were taken as a symbol of mastering a skill through constant exercise. And the idea of encouraging a child to be upright, both physically and morally, appealed to some.

Go-cart was a common historical name for the wheeled version. Other alternatives were also used. A baby-runner was a padded wooden ring, set at the height of the baby's waist, on a pole that was fixed into the floor and ceiling. The baby was placed inside the ring and able to move in a circle around the pole. This prevented the baby from reaching dangerous places, such as hot ovens.

Candid Photos Show Fashion Styles of Teenage Girls From the 1990s

Fashion in the 1990s was defined by a return to minimalist fashion, in contrast to the more elaborate and flashy trends of the 1980s.

In the early 1990s, several late 1980s fashions remained very stylish among both sexes. However, the popularity of grunge and alternative rock music helped bring the simple, unkempt grunge look to the mainstream by 1992.

The anti-conformist approach to fashion led to the popularization of the casual chic look that included T-shirts, jeans, hoodies, and sneakers, a trend which continued into the 2000s.

Additionally, fashion trends throughout the decade recycled styles from previous decades, notably the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Here below is a set of candid photos that shows what teenage girls looked like in the 1990s.

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Vintage Found Photos Capture Youthful Drinking and Partying in the 1970s

What do you get when the largest generation in the history of the world, the Baby Boomers, all converge on college campuses at once? Naturally, you get the biggest, longest-sustained party the planet earth has ever known.

Here are some snapshots from those years – from all-out throw-downs at the frat house to just beer and poker night. The Boomers enjoyed every minute of the Seventies, although they may not remember much of it.

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See Photos of Meryl Streep as a Cheerleader During Her Time at School

Meryl Streep was even a leader in her school days, as extracted from her year book reveal. The Hollywood star attended Bernard’s High School in New Jersey, where she was in charge of the student body, as well as a member of the cheerleading club and choir.

After leaving school in 1966, Meryl went on to attend Vassar College in New York. There, the actress realized her love for acting on another level, starring in shows including Miss Julie, which saw her gain attention across the campus. She then went on to do a Master’s at the Yale School of Drama, playing a number of roles on stage, including Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

After graduating, Meryl spent the first few years working in theatre, before landing her first film role opposite Jane Fonda in 1977 in the movie Julia. While Meryl was cut out of many of the scenes, something she later admitted “horrified” her, meeting Jane helped to open more doors in the industry for her.

Meryl got silly posing behind this cutout.

Meryl posed in her cheer uniform.

Cheerleader Meryl carried a cone at a game.

Meryl posed with a friend.

Even in high school, Meryl was royalty.

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