I have been putting album art into the folders of my various mp3 albums I've ripped/downloaded. When it came time to do my big collection of mp3s arranged by year I realized what a daunting task it would be to undertake something like that on my own.

So in this thread, we post an image for a year, that reminds us of that year.  Preferably no 9/11 or Challenger images.  Not that they have to be happy pictures, but preferably no disaster type images.

Since the target is for album art, near square pictures (or pictures that can be cropped to a square) would be better than skinny rectangular pictures.  They also need to be visible at small sizes, so simple subject matter or iconographic images are better. Also, please avoid music pictures, since I don't want to be confused with thinking it's for a particular performer.

I'm thinking of starting with 1950 for now (since my collection begins with 1955), but if people want to go back further, I have no issues with it.

Attached is what I have so far for the 1980s.  You can see the photographs for 1988 and 1989 are kind of hard to make out at smaller sizes. 

I also welcome suggestions for better images than what's here already.  I tend to want pictures for when something begins, rather than when it ends, and only when it's for something that really changed the world or captured the public's attention.

1980

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/385px-Pac_Man.svg.png

1974

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/08/06/nixon.resigns/nixon.leaves.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/c/ce/MTV-Logo.svg/673px-MTV-Logo.svg.png

1981

1980

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Rubik%27s_cube.svg/200px-Rubik%27s_cube.svg.png

http://thegrandnarrative.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/cabbage-patch.gif

1983

http://kobnet.net/misc/www.cedmagic.com/history/macintosh-128k.jpg

1984... also notable for it's 1984 style commercial

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/NewCokeCan1985.jpg

1985

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/scaffolding/slides/slide03.jpg

1986

Could you do that 1985 one a bit bigger - I can't quite see the image!  ;)


I'm not sure the 1986 is international but that might not be what you are looking for

I'm not sure the 1986 is international but that might not be what you are looking for


I wasn't sure either... but the reconstruction appeared in two films I thought were notable... "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "The Adventures of Remo Williams"

http://cymbalus.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/michael_dukakis_in_tank.jpg

1988

http://www.anglofritz.com/wall_falls.jpg

1989

about as internationally known as possible.  I don't know that the pictures have to be well known internationally... though I guess it helps

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/images/1246_land/212569_mandela_555x270.jpg

1990

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/oj/bronco.jpg

1994

Run OJ Run!

http://www.naxter.com/image/upc.gif

1970

http://metaforas.org/foundations/images/intel4004_small.jpg

1971

First microprocessor

http://smoothjazzy.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/pong.gif

1972

http://www.waidev2.com/php/IMAGES/HC_ThisDayInHistory/291---Image_large.jpg

1973

http://www.saradavidson.com/images/patty-tania-hearst.jpg

1975

http://www.ualberta.ca/~droles/aviation/concord6.jpg

1976

http://pah2.golding.id.au/images/BabyUltrasound.jpg

1978

http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/media/DGiAeMFPgy2e.jpg

1979

http://www.lifelounge.com/resources/IMGDETAIL/lawn_chair_balloon_header.jpg

1982

http://www.trueghosttales.com/img/moon-landing-2.jpg

1969

http://www.trueghosttales.com/img/moon-landing-2.jpg

1969


image is broken, though from the URL I can guess what it is

http://www.naxter.com/image/upc.gif

1970


They didn't have barcodes before 1970? I thought they had been around longer than that.  :(

Learned something new today.  ;)

They didn't have barcodes before 1970? I thought they had been around longer than that.  :(

Learned something new today.  ;)


They weren't even required on everything until near the end of the decade

image is broken, though from the URL I can guess what it is
blast!

image is broken, though from the URL I can guess what it is
Try this one.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/moon.jpg

...or another for 1969 ?

http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/album-covers/abbey_road.jpg

1987

either

http://bp3.blogger.com/_Bv1n0yWwEj8/SGEWQWyjfJI/AAAAAAAABGs/bOekqqkxrJs/s320/windowslivewriter20jaargeledenzonkdeheraldoffreeenterpris-10835the-herald-of-free-enterprise25.jpg

or

http://assets.hulu.com/shows/key_art_the_simpsons.jpg

1981...long before it all ended rather messily... :-\\

http://www.simbasports.co.uk/images/Ashes.jpg

2005

...hopefully the same for next year.

http://www.waidev2.com/php/IMAGES/HC_ThisDayInHistory/291---Image_large.jpg

1973


You know you could actually mark that image for 2008.  :(

http://www.manufacturingmystique.com/images/nerd_alert/grunge.jpg


1991

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/tuesdayweld/SaturdayNightFever.jpg

1977  ^    OR

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1538/starwarslogopm8.jpg



















http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1545/1987olivernorthnm2.jpg

1987  ^

1954 ... the year the four minute mile was broken ... by Roger Bannister (but ... pic probably doesn't shrink down too recognisably) ...  Salk polio vaccine .... McCarthy Army hearings ...







But maybe the best icon rep:




















http://www.power99fm.com/Winsticker%20Page/Burger%20King%20Logo.jpg









Of course  ... now if you wanted to veto that ... and place the most earth shattering contribution to humanity in your album in the past 54 years .... you could always use .........

























http://www.inthe00s.com/avatars_custom/avatar_9529.jpg

???    ::)




ME ?  ???  (In CHUCKY'S album ?  :o    Heaven forbid !    :P    :D    ;D  ) .

1979 


http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/28/3mile.anniversary/link.3mile.island.jpg


1975

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/204/8-10/fall_of_saigon.jpg



Cat

A few, but maybe they are not obvious enough - I just remember them as they were during my High School years

1985, 1986, and 1987 respectively

Oh I forgot 1994, Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan

^

I think that 'live aid' one is  a very good choice.  Hmm .. I remember ... that Chucky was trying to avoid disaster type pics ( Very negative /sad type emotions) ... so for instance 'Challenger / 911' ... although HIGHLY memorable ....of  the associated years ... he'd prefer to give the flick. Live Aid, although associated with starving dying Africans ... did have a feel good positive atmosphere for many of us ..(not to mention being a GREAT spectacle of some outstanding artists of the time) . Yeah .. and also .. that the pics should be able to shrink to thumbnail size identifiably.


Live Aid DEFINITELY qualifies (I'd pick it !). 



By the way ... does anybody know what his 'ballon image' ... (82 ? ) was all about ?

By the way ... does anybody know what his 'ballon image' ... (82 ? ) was all about ?


this





(and, no, I'd not heard of the guy either)

this

(and, no, I'd not heard of the guy either)



Wow ! Interesting story ... and well worth a read.  8)






Well, that balloon choice IS very colorful ... and as long as it means something to Chucky ... helps him remember the year .... that's the main point.


As for the wiki article about it ^ ...



Man ... did that one spiral out of control ... and  causing a blackout to boot ... of all the places to come down !   :o



Some amusing bits at the bottom of that page ...



Television

Larry Walters' flight is referenced in the third season of the Fox Comedy Arrested Development, wherein George Bluth Sr., inspired by a television program about Walters, attempts to use a deck chair rigged with hydrogen balloons to escape from house arrest.

Larry's flight was parodied in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode The Sponge Who Could Fly.

An episode of the 1980s television show The A-Team featured a prison escape scene in which the character of Murdoch ties trash bags to a lawn chair and inflates them with hot air using hair dryers, allowing him to float up and out of the prison yard.


Larry ended up shooting himself in the heart.   ???    :(

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PA2/PPR45014~Bobby-Moore-Celebrating-England-s-World-Cup-Victory-1966-Posters.jpg

1966, England win the World Cup (football)

1975

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/204/8-10/fall_of_saigon.jpg


Or how I'll be commuting to work in five years time... ::)

Or how I'll be commuting to work in five years time... ::)
Beats tfl ?

http://www.musicimport.us/images/sdimages/disk2/547924.jpg

1974

1964

http://pleasedontbethatguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/beatles-on-sullivan-1964.jpg

1966

http://www.sixtiescity.com/Popmovies/Images/EVE093.jpg


1985

http://www.radio.rai.it/radioscrigno/img_schede/01-85-We-are-the-world.jpg



Cat

Looking at some of the submissions above ... by a couple of you .... I can't help thinking THIS part didn't quite register ?










Also, please avoid music pictures, since I don't want to be confused with thinking it's for a particular performer.




:-X

Looking at some of the submissions above ... by a couple of you .... I can't help thinking THIS part didn't quite register ?











:-X



Ok, you got me on the Beatles but "We Are The World" was not ONE specific performer.




Cat

I'd think The Beatles would count as a valid inclusion, considering the seismic jolt they gave the worldwide entertainment industry that year...

Now, I'd have drawn the line at Freddie & The Dreamers!  :D

http://www.fenichel.com/TimesSqGlasses2.jpg

http://www.fenichel.com/TimesSqGlasses2.jpg



I have to say it, those two are pretty dorky looking.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

I have to say it, those two are pretty dorky looking.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat
She is already wearing a pair of glasses.

1969 seemed to be a memorable year...... not just a musical show ...but an event.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n222/dbzluver4life/Woodstock.jpg

969 seemed to be a memorable year...... not just a musical show ...but an event.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n222/dbzluver4life/Woodstock.jpg



Woodstock ..... was THAT long ago ? !  ???  ::)  ???


Other events:



969 was a year in the 10th century.


Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

    * December 11 — John I becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Europe

    * Boris II succeeds Peter I as Tsar of Bulgaria.
Africa

    * The Fatimids conquer Egypt and move their capital from Kairouan (in modern Tunisia) to Fustat, subsequently founding a new capital city just north of Fustat, and naming it Cairo.




Here Peter ... I think you might want to borrow one of THESE:

1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

^

Yeah ... I've got PLENTY to spare !    8)












:P








:D



;D

^ thanks!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/images/bayeux_gal_hrld_arrow.jpg

1066

http://abdulazeem.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/windowslivewritergreatfireoflondon-9d83great-fire-london-thumb1.jpg?w=210&h=151

1666

The Great Fire of London

^ thanks!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/images/bayeux_gal_hrld_arrow.jpg

1066




http://abdulazeem.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/windowslivewritergreatfireoflondon-9d83great-fire-london-thumb1.jpg?w=210&h=151

1666

The Great Fire of London



Your enthusiasm is appreciated Philip ... but I don't think Chucky wanted to go back before 1950 ?   :-X  However if he DOES  ^





















:D

Woodstock ..... was THAT long ago ? !   ???  ::)  ???


Other events:





Here Peter ... I think you might want to borrow one of THESE:

111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

^

Yeah ... I've got PLENTY to spare !    8)












:P








:D



;D


Thanks Al....I DID borrow one of your one's.....it's now corrected!  ;)

Your enthusiasm is appreciated Philip ... but I don't think Chucky wanted to go back before 1950 ?   :-X   However if he DOES  ^





















:D
So pictures of Botany Bay are ruled out?

^

I think that 'live aid' one is  a very good choice.  Hmm .. I remember ... that Chucky was trying to avoid disaster type pics ( Very negative /sad type emotions) ... so for instance 'Challenger / 911' ... although HIGHLY memorable ....of  the associated years ... he'd prefer to give the flick. Live Aid, although associated with starving dying Africans ... did have a feel good positive atmosphere for many of us ..(not to mention being a GREAT spectacle of some outstanding artists of the time) . Yeah .. and also .. that the pics should be able to shrink to thumbnail size identifiably.


Live Aid DEFINITELY qualifies (I'd pick it !). 



By the way ... does anybody know what his 'ballon image' ... (82 ? ) was all about ?

What no SuperBowl Shuffle  ;)  Being from Illinois at this time this video was huge - and I know it played on MTV, so it had to be national :D  Can you name another team that made a video????

I'm thinking of starting with 1950 for now


The story so far:

We have had  submissions for the years (counting 1950 or above)  ....

50's : 54

60's : 66 69

70's : ALL

80's: ALL

90's: 90 91  94

2000's: 2000  2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38688000/jpg/_38688627_coronation_238.jpg

1953: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

http://207.228.243.82/crud/yurig.jpg

1961: 1st man in space

http://www.geocities.com/damnedrodan/images/JB01DrNo.jpg

1962

http://www.sixties60s.com/1966/startrek.jpg

Another for 1966 ^

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42369000/jpg/_42369473_flintstonespair300.jpg
1960 ^  Yabba dabba doo !

1957

http://www.surveyor.in-berlin.de/himmel/astro/2007/Sputnik1.jpg


Cat

http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/pulitzer_nick_ut_vietnam_napalm_kim_phuc_6872_L.jpg

1972

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h154/Brigitte_B/Marilyn%20favorites/lifeaug171962.jpg
1962

Update to 'The story so far':

We have had  submissions for the years (counting 1950 or above)  ....

50's : 53 54 57

60's : 60 61 62 66 69

70's : ALL

80's: ALL

90's: 90 91  94

2000's: 2000  2005

I'll start with some 1980s.  People/things that were huge in the pop culture

1982

E.T. and Spielberg

http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/images/geuu_03_img0654.jpg

1977/1981/1983

R2D2 and C3P0
http://gryllus.net/Blender/Project_Images/starwars.jpg

1984
Miami Vice
http://buzzwordz.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/miami-vice-staffel-1.jpg

1983

Michael

http://mog.com/images/users/0000/0017/0926/images/1192702687.jpeg

1986

Oprah

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A3463/34634/300_34634.jpg

1981

Space Shuttle

http://astroprofspage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/sts1_launch_full.jpg

You said no "Challenger" images, so here's the Columbia!

I know the images are not square....

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/diana_inquest/diana_01.jpg

or

http://www.foxnews.com/images/304891/0_61_320_diana_dodi.jpg

1997

I know the images are not square....

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/diana_inquest/diana_01.jpg

or

http://www.foxnews.com/images/304891/0_61_320_diana_dodi.jpg

1997





Well one of them ......




















http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/523/dianadodikg3.jpg

^

Look again ? No you must have being watching tv too long, developed 'square eyes' .... looks rectangular to me !    :D  :P

'80s continued....

1987

Black Monday

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/DJIA_Black_Monday_1987.svg/600px-

1985

'Til Tuesday

http://991.com/newgallery/Til-Tuesday-Voices-Carry---Au-318791.jpg

1988

"I knew Jack Kennedy, I served with Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine...
Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

http://thumbnails.truveo.com/0005/36/A2/36A2FD5B7CD1615E2513E3_Large.jpg

1989

The Simpsons

http://www.garboforever.com/Bilder/Pop_Culture/Simpsons.jpg

1980

Lennon
:\'(

http://bztv.typepad.com/instanthistory/images/december_22_1980_1.jpg

http://www.hollywoodyesterday.com/images/Dolly_Parton.jpg

Hey Dolly  ..... 'ewe' are so beautiful ..... to me !




















http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9938/dollypa2.jpg

Dolly, the cloned sheep ^  1996    :D  ;D

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_02/ojsimpsontrial_468x502.jpg


OR


http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7293/lanceitofv0.jpg


Images from the 1995 'Trial of the Century'.

Now for some 1970s

1976

Bicentennial

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/1976_Bicentennial_Quarter_Rev.png/609px

1972

Deep Throat

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/deep-throat.jpg

1971

Sonny & Cher

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs17/scdvd06.jpg

1978

Cheech & Chong

http://www.rageboy.com/mbimages/cheech-chong-smoke.jpg


2B continued....

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1765/forrestgump2wd1.jpg
1994

Another Update to 'The story so far':

We have had  submissions for the years (counting 1950 or above)  ....

50's : 53 54 57

60's : 60 61 62 66 69

70's : ALL

80's: ALL

90's: 90 91  94 95 96 97

2000's: 2000  2005

Another Update to 'The story so far':

We have had  submissions for the years (counting 1950 or above)  ....

50's : 53 54 57

60's : 60 61 62 66 69

70's : ALL

80's: ALL

90's: 90 91  94 95 96 97

2000's: 2000  2005


What is the picture for 1953?

What is the picture for 1953?


Well YOU submitted the queen's coronation. Doesn't mean Chucky will select it ... but at least we DO have a submission.

Well YOU submitted the queen's coronation. Doesn't mean Chucky will select it ... but at least we DO have a submission.
Oh yes that was me, for I have another for that year, once I can find it...

More upright oblong shaped...

http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Media/303_200.jpg

Tensing on the first ascent of Mount Everst

^

Yes ... of course ... Everest is probably even Queen toppling for choice of '53.

^

Yes ... of course ... Everest is probably even Queen toppling for choice of '53.
The two events happened on the same day (within a space of 48 hours or so)

The two events happened on the same day (within a space of 48 hours or so)


I believe you'll find it was within the same week ... rather than the same day (29 May, Everest, 2 June coronation).

I believe you'll find it was within the same week ... rather than the same day (29 May, Everest, 2 June coronation).
In those days, communication was instant as it is now, if that event happened today, porbably a tv cameraman would be first to reach the summit of Mount Everest than one of the main climber.

2005 - first flight of Airbus 380

http://www.curetti.com/blog/airbus380.jpg

2003 last successful contact wtih Pioneer 10

http://www.damninteresting.com/wp-content/pioneer10.jpg

2006 total solar eclipse (realise this is not exclusive to this year)

http://www.data-plumber.com/Eclipse2006.jpg

2007 Last Harry Potter book publishe

http://emsworth.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-20070328093850961.jpg

The two events happened on the same day (within a space of 48 hours or so)


Yes...that was one loooonnggg day. ;D

2006 total solar eclipse (realise this is not exclusive to this year)

http://www.data-plumber.com/Eclipse2006.jpg

We are not going to see the eclipse!

We are not going to see the eclipse!


bum

perhaps I can find another image.

Let me try this one

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/sol_10_13/sol05.jpg

http://www.directlendingsolutions.com/Images/diners18.jpg

1950: ^ 1st credit card.

I was going to do the 1966 football squad winning the world cup too but Philip beat me to it!

1960
http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/14473-large.jpg

1988

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01KkcxcdxjgyB/340x.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/freeyourbrain/nyc1964.jpg

1964

1952

http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/images/00012268.jpg



1958

http://www.playlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/hula-hoop-craze1.jpg


1959

http://morganhilltimes.com/photo/img/f1964/BarbieDoll.jpg



Cat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/fivelivebreakfast/blackpowersalute.jpg

1968

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/fivelivebreakfast/blackpowersalute.jpg

1968



NICE selection ! ^    8)

NICE selection ! ^    8)


agreed.. I love the iconic photographs, when they've got simple subject matter (good at small sizes) and aren't violent

this would be good for 1968 if it weren't for the violence...

http://www.brianripley.com/images/ExecuteVietCong-Feb1-68w.jpg

I liked a lot of the submissions so far... these are the years I still haven't picked an image for yet:

1952-1956
1960,1963,1965,1967
1991-1993,1995,1997-1999
2000-2008
I would like to replace 1982.  I think there must be better pictures for that year.

Stuff I didn't use, were things like sports victories (which are kind of generic celebration pictures).  Heck, if I don't have the first Red Sox World Series win in over 70 years in there, I'm not using any other sports victories >grin<

I did use a Beatles picture for 1964, but I used the crowd shot someone submitted. I also used the Woodstock poster instead of the one in the thread.

sorry I haven't been active in the thread the past couple days, just got too swamped and wanted to make sure I could spend enough time with it.

I could also use "decade defining" images... for the entire decade.  For the 1980s folder I used a Rubik's Cube.

I might also go back and use different images for my other 80s folders... I have like 5 sets of them for different charts, etc.  So I don't mind extra pictures at all.  I just want to make sure that there's at least something for every year.

I choose this one by the moment  :D


1969 seemed to be a memorable year...... not just a musical show ...but an event.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n222/dbzluver4life/Woodstock.jpg



I'm not goin' back
to Woodstock for a while,
Though I long to hear
that lonesome hippie smile.
I'm a million miles away
from that helicopter day
No, I don't believe
I'll be goin' back that way.

Neil Young

2008


http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/577/slide_577_12430_large.jpg



Cat

1987

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/RSPOD/RS506~Motley-Crue-Rolling-Stone-no-506-August-1987-Posters.jpg

1982

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/gateshead-advert-1982.gif

http://people.heidelberg.edu/~dkimmel/american/iran.jpg

Hostage Crisis 1979
I was very concerned about this at the time- though only 14.

Just browsing through, and realized I hadn't seen this one for 1989...

http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:bDbCm7XnwmLYKM:http://gopkorea.blogs.com/flyingyangban/images/tanks.jpg

when cropped square, it's still pretty recognizable even when small

2008


http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/577/slide_577_12430_large.jpg



Cat
that summed up 2008 until THIS happened...

http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/photos/2008/12/16/20081215-142108-pic-466105358.jpg :D

good point, well made.

could also make an argument for this one...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01014/ashley-todd_1014533c.jpg

This is my 2008

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2975812293_c64072aeac.jpg?v=0

http://news.thomasnet.com/.../brokeback-mountain.jpg