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James Dean as an adult
See young James Dean as a baby, a child, a teen – then as a star

Check out some pictures of cute young James Dean from babyhood up to his early teen years – and a few shots of the all-grown-up Jimmy Dean, celebrity.

James Dean with Silver Porsche
James Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955 – here’s how his fame kept growing

Actor James Dean, a young Hollywood idol, was killed on September 30, 1955, in a head-on car crash. Here’s how the story was reported, and then a look back from a year later.

 
See vintage pharmacy apothecary products from more than 100 years ago
Vintage pharmacy apothecary secrets: tonics, elixirs, heroin & cocaine in the mind-blowing world of 100-year-old drugstores
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Vintage Love's Baby Soft perfumes from the 70s and 80s
Love’s Baby Soft perfume: Because innocence is sexier than you think? (1970s & 1980s)
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Ron Howard's rise from child actor to legendary film director at Click Americana
Ron Howard’s rise from child actor to legendary film director was an epic Hollywood couldn’t have written better
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Year 1955 T-shirt with vintage-style "Authentic Limited Edition" distressed graphic
Year 1955 T-shirt with vintage-style "Authentic Limited Edition" distressed graphic
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