Flashback: Y&R's First Decade (1973-1983)

The Fosters and the Brooks were the core families during Y&R’s first decade. 

The late Jeanne Cooper began playing the iconic Katherine Chancellor in 1973.

Katherine Chancellor and her son, Brock Reynolds (Beau Kayzer).

Sally McGuire (Lee Crawford) uttered the first episode’s iconic line. William Gray Espy was the first actor to play Snapper Foster.

John McCook (now B&B’s Eric Forrester) with Jaime Lyn Bauer as Lorie Brooks.

Melody Thomas Scott began playing Nikki Reed in 1979.

Jack carries on the legacy of Abbott Family patriarch and Jabot founder John Abbott (Jerry Douglas).

Nikki's sister, Casey (Roberta Leighton) and Snapper Foster (David Hasselhoff).

Before she fell in love with Victor, Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott) married Greg Foster (Wings Hauser).

Victor (Eric Braeden) was very possessive of his first wife, Julia (Meg Bennett).

Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott.

The cast from 1982.

Weddings were beautiful and traditional on Y&R.