Posted on Dec 23, 202541 Photos That Show Famous And Iconic Pop Culture Moments From A Sliiiiiightly Different AngleSome of these images made me pause longer than I expected.by Brian GalindoBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. This is what the Rockefeller Christmas tree looked like in 1934 (it was also the third year of the tradition): MCNY/Gottscho-Schleisner / Getty Images 2. Here's a photo of Dr. Seuss sketching the Grinch (for his then-upcoming book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) in 1957: Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group via Getty Images 3. This is a photo of RuPaul holding Francis Bean Cobain, while standing next to Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain, backstage at the 1993 VMAs: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images 4. And here's a screenshot of Francis Bean holding a copy of that photo 26 years later, when she was a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4 in 2019: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc / Getty Images/ Paramount Network 5. Here's Beyoncé and Solange Knowles during Christmastime in 1990: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspap / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images 6. Here's the original lineup of the Beatles: Paul McCartney, Pete Best (who was fired from the band just before they made it big in 1962 and was replaced with Ringo Starr), George Harrison, and John Lennon: Hulton Archive / Getty Images 7. This is the last known image of JFK Jr. It was taken on July 15, 1999, at a Yankees vs. Braves game at Yankee Stadium. He would die the next day: thegothguy / NBC / Via reddit.com 8. Here's a photo of Audrey Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy at an exhibition at the Galliera Museum in 1991, held to mark 40 years of the Givenchy fashion house. Givenchy, for whom Audrey was both muse and very close friend, helped define her signature look. Their partnership began in 1953, when she visited his Paris atelier while searching for dresses for Sabrina: John Van Hasselt - Corbis / Sygma via Getty Images 9. This is a photo of Steve Jobs unveiling the Apple II at the first West Coast Computer Faire, in 1977: Tom Munnecke / Getty Images 10. This is the original opening credits for I Love Lucy. Throughout its entire run, the credits were actually animated. They were changed to the classic satin and heart credits when the show was syndicated (put into reruns), as the animated credits wouldn't work because they incorporated whichever brand was sponsoring that week's episode: Paramount/ Courtesy Everett Collection 11. Here's Lucille Ball on the set of Three's Company with John Ritter. In 1982, Lucille, who was a big fan of the sitcom and John Ritter, hosted a two-part retrospective during the show's sixth season: Abc Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 12. This is what the set of the Petries' living room on The Dick Van Dyke Show looked like in color: CBS/ Courtesy Everett Collection 13. This is one of the most requested images from the National Archives. It was taken in December 1970, when Elvis met Nixon in the Oval Office and asked for a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge, saying he wanted to fight drug abuse and support the government's efforts against it: National Archives / Getty Images 14. This is what an editorial shot for perfumes looked like in Vogue in 1954: Herbert Matter / Conde Nast via Getty Images 15. These SNL promotional photos of Catherine O'Hara were taken in 1981, we she joined the cast of the show. However, she never appeared in an episode because she quit the show after a week, because the TV show she had been on, SCTV, got picked up for another season and decided to go back on it: NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images 16. This is a wax figure of Marie Tussaud, aka Madame Tussauds: Hulton Archive / Getty Images 17. Taken in 1926, this is the first photo of the very first broadcast of a human face transmitted on television. The photo was taken when John Logie Baird gave the world's first public demonstration of television at his laboratory in London: Science & Society Picture Librar / SSPL via Getty Images 18. This is a screenshot from the first TV drama, The Queen's Messenger, which aired in 1928. For context, that was the same year Mickey Mouse was introduced to the world. The production was an experiment between GE and a station in Schenectady, New York: miSci - museum of innovation and science/ General Electric / Via youtube.com And yes, television sets existed in the 1920s, but they were extremely rare and had very tiny screens. 19. This is what a television set looked like in the mid-'30s: Fox Photos / Getty Images Yes, TVs existed back then, but they were expensive and rare. Because of WWII, the development of television was delayed/stopped for years. 20. Here is a photo of the real-life Christopher Robin (yes, his name is Christopher Robin) and Winnie-the-Pooh (named Winnie after a bear Christopher saw in the London Zoo). Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, who was Christopher's father, was inspired by h