That Great 1970s Fandom Photo Archive

File 770's very own James H. Burns (back when he was more usually known as Jim!), circa 1976 or 1977 (when he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but already writing for some of the science fiction film magazines!), with long time SF fan and 1970s convention organizer, Steve Rosenstein. Photo by Patrick O’Neill.

File 770’s very own James H. Burns (back when he was more usually known as Jim!), circa 1976 or 1977 (when he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but already writing for some of the science fiction film magazines!), with long time SF fan and 1970s convention organizer, Steve Rosenstein. Photo by Patrick O’Neill.

By James H. Burns: I just discovered an extraordinary archive posted by Patrick Daniel O’Neill over at Facebook, with HUNDREDS of convention shots from the 1970s (and a bit beyond), of many of the folks who helped run the original classic New York STAR TREK conventions (many of whom were also involved with the era’s Lunacons, and other get-togethers). You’ll see Thom Anderson, Stu Hellinger, Elyse Rosenstein, Dana L.F. Anderson, Joan Winston, Devra Langsam, Joyce Yasner, Linda Deneroff, Dave Simons, Val Sussman, Steve Rosenstein…  And many more!  (Often in the environs of the great, erstwhile, Commoodore Hotel!)

Fandom Archive

Fandom Archive 2

[Editor’s Note: These albums are on Facebook. Don’t know if you can see them without registering.]

6 thoughts on “That Great 1970s Fandom Photo Archive

  1. It’s the Fandom Archive “2” that has the majority of convention shots… When you get there, you’ll have to scroll down past some “comments.”

    And it’s also fun to remember that once upon a time, Steve and Elyse Rosenstein (nee, Elyse Pines), back when they were still married, had what I recall as a pretty terrific science fiction mail order book business, Nova… (Was it Nova Enterprises?)

  2. [Editor’s Note: These albums are on Facebook. Don’t know if you can see them without registering.]
    Nope, you can’t.

  3. I finally signed up with FB a few days ago, for the sole purpose of getting in touch wih a couple of old friends. I thn made the happy discovery, known to hundreds of millions of others(!), that once you’re signed up, you can peruse every one’s page(s). I had the nice experience of seing many old friends, SF and otherwise, whom I hadn’t seen in ages!

    Signing up does not have to be intrusive, and your page can only reveal what you wish to.

    To me, seeing these great shots, would make it worth it on its own!

    But then, what do I know?

    😉

    Best, Jim

  4. The Facebook albums are plainly labeled “Public.”

    The links, however, go to the mobile version, so they’re going to look pretty weirdly formatted if you’re accessing them from a non-mobile computer. Kill the “m” in the URL if you want the actual pages.

  5. They may be labelled “public”, but Facebook’s ideas of “public” seem to be as varied as their reputed ideas of “private”. Unlike other truly public material on Facebook, these are not available to people without Facebook accounts.

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