These 31 Nostalgic Photos Will Transport You Back to 1994
The year is 1994. Your mom is violently brushing your hair into a side ponytail because you’re running late for school, “Barney & Friends” is on in the background, and the smell of Pillsbury Toaster Strudels fills the air. Breathe it all in, babe. The nostalgia has us yearning, but these vintage photos will have to do until someone invents a time machine to take us back to ’94.
1. Say ‘Quack’
2. Princess Diana’s Iconic ‘Revenge Dress’
3. Checking Out the VHS Section at Borders Books
4. Robin Williams Rocking Facial Hair in Paris
5. ‘This CD-ROM Can Hold More Information Than All the Paper That’s Here Below Me’ – Bill Gates
6. Behind the Scenes of ‘Forrest Gump’
7. Back When Everyone Played with the Copy Machine
8. Marvin, Before the ‘Incident’
9. ‘Green Day’ Getting Dirty at Woodstock
10. McDonald’s Birthday Parties Were Absolutely Something To Get Excited About
11. Courtney Cox Behind the Scenes of ‘Friends’
12. SanDRA and SanDLER
13. We Spy a Barney Chair
14. Roller Blading Prodigy
15. Getting Dolled Up for a Ballet Recital
16. The Most Elite Matching Vest and Tie
17. Nicole Kidman Looking Totally Over It in Central Park With Her Daughter
18. Pearl Jam Testifying in Front of the US Congress About Ticketmaster Fees and Monopoly
19. The Iconic Selena in a Coca-Cola Ad
20. Princesses of Pop: Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears
21. Getting Ready for a Shift at Sonic
22. The Lapels and Top Hat, Though
23. The Upside-Down Crate as a TV Stand Combined With the Nintendo Is Peak Nostalgia
24. Why Can We Still Remember How That Mouse Felt and Those Keyboard Keys Sounded?
25. Fisher-Price Let Everyone Be Kings and Queens
26. The ‘Superhuman Syber-Squad’ Jammies Say It All
27. This Picture Is the ’90s Hollywood Equivalent To Looking at the Sun
28. Pensive Stares at a Pride Festival
29. The Giant Portrait of Jesus Really Sends This Snapshot to the Next Level
30. What We Wouldn’t Give for a Beanbag Chair Nap
31. When Mohawks Were Actually Impressive
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