1986 had a look all its own. Big hair, bold colors, and cars filled the streets. Neon signs lit up mall entrances, VHS tapes lined video store shelves, and kids rode bikes with plastic streamers hanging from the handlebars. It was a year of big shoulder pads, bigger perms, and a whole lot of fun.
These 22 photos take you right back to that world. From family rooms with wood paneling to arcades packed with quarters, each shot captures a piece of everyday life from 1986. Get ready for a trip down memory lane you won’t want to end.
1. 1986 arcade: Four kids, four machines, zero conversation
2. The Bonus Room Wood paneling
3. Chess Olympiads in 1986
4. One earring, big hair & bigger main character energy
5. Worcester party people 1986
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6. Lunch on the Lawn
7. Yearbook Chaos
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8. “My dad when he first immigrated to NYC in 1986”
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9. “1986 8th grade graduation outfit. Miami Vice might have influenced”
10. Before their first The Cure concert
11. The Magazine Everyone Remembers
12. Steve Wozniak, creator of Apple’s first computer, sits by the new Apple IIgs in Cupertino, California
13. Two women looking at videos in a video rental store
14. Purple pants, green top & the call of the century
15. “I ruined this family photo”
16. Still Turning Heads
17. Fashion sense 1986
18. Ain’t no shoulder high enough
19. Sunshine & Yellow Sunglasses
20. The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission 51L on January 28, 1986
21. Couch Life
22. The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead poster
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