To quote Teri Hatcher from her guest appearance on Seinfeld: "They're real, and they're spectacular."
Of course, most of these photos have a lot of PS, just like photos from today. But the pics of these legends are pretty accurate (I mean, if someone looked nothing like their PS photos, do you think guys would be raving about her?), and more importantly, the experiences/services/memories behind them are...well...spectacular. That's why mongers like me have bothered keeping old images of memorable RAs.