The fine geek blog over at the LA Times called Hero Complex has been unearthing a treasure trove of classic images geeks everywhere would love.
Above is an image that was originally published in the LA Times on January 8th, 1968. It shows a bunch of Cal Tech students in front of the Burbank studios of NBC. They're there to protest the cancellation of a little show called Star Trek, maybe you've heard of it.
This is so awesome to see. Rarely do we ever get such a clear imagery from the history of Geekdom. These are the folks who helped keep Star Trek on the air for one more year. And I'm willing to bet that some of these people are probably behind the organizing of the original Star Trek conventions. We have a large debt we owe to these fellow geeks from an era gone by, so take a moment to thank them for their geekyness, and for paving the way for geeks like us to prosper in this age of successful comic book and sci-fi movies that we find ourselves in.
My favorite sign in the above picture, by the way, is the one on the far right that reads "It's totally illogical to cancel Star Trek." Oh you Vulcan loving geeks. In the last 40 years, it seems not much has changed.
The LA Times article also has a link to this really awesome pic of a super young Leonard Nimoy. Wow, he's so young. I've never seen him with such amazing skin before.
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