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1940 My Grandad (17 Years Old In Photo) At The Dublin Races With His Mother, My Great Grandmother. Apologies About The Image Defect, It's The Best Photograph We Have Of Him.

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157points

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Justine Coss 4 years ago

Not great but it's something uosinedges...ca289c.jpg

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My Grandfather’s Ww2 Photograph, He Was 18 Years Old. Still Alive And Sharp As A Tack At 96.

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152points

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Aiste Pupinyte 4 years ago

Captain America!

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Tina B 4 years ago

Right? Handsome AND looks kind.

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Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago

He does actually look like a teenager.

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SykesDaMan 4 years ago

A Baldwin family member?

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Tiari 4 years ago

He doesn't look much older, to be honest...

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Kiki Zusan 4 years ago

Thank you for your service, sir.

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Ronin Dave 4 years ago

an 18 year old today would look like a 12 year old next to this guy which is why so many WWII films have guys in their mid-20s to mid-30s playing WWII soldiers

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Татьяна Кайгородова 3 years ago

Интересная статья. Фасон одежды, прическа и макияж имеют огромное значение. Молодым часто хочется выглядеть старше своего возраста. Не умом,дак внешностью взять. Девочкам хочется быть кому-то нужной, если обделена любовью, вниманием. Даже сейчас можете найти девочек,которые хотят выглядеть старше и им это, благодаря косметике и одежде неплохо удается. Наберите: "ошибки в макияже" и поймете, что так и есть. Бордовая помада всегда делает возраст старше, а блеск для губ моложе. Тоже относится и к кудрявым волосам, химия, которую было модно делать в 20-м веке старит(мелкий бараш). Длинное платье и всякие аксессуары, типа галстука так же. Мою дочку одели на фотосъемках в черное платье в горошек, надели шляпку с вуалью и в руках зонтик, подкрутили волосы, челку и она в три годика стала выглядеть на все 18 или 20. Смотрю на нее в разном возрасте и где-то выглядит старше. От позы тоже зависит восприятие, в плане омоложения и старения . Мимические морщинки, носогубные складки могут быть и

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Isak Nygren 3 years ago

He looks like his age but the uniform may make him look older.

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Mildred Thompson 4 years ago

LOVE!

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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

Hand tinting added a few years. Still a great photograph.

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Adriana_Slayz 4 years ago

There's something about the picture that makes him look kinda like a character from Episode. lol

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Pamela Blue 3 years ago

It's a black and white picture that was "colourized." And they didn't do a good of it, sadly.

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Teresa Groth 4 years ago

Very handsome!

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Mel 4 years ago

Looks like George Bush, Sr. Very handsome.

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Pam Olson 4 years ago

How wonderful!

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Rachael K 4 years ago

handsome fellow :D bet he prob broke a few hearts before he settled down with someone

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Rose Brien Harrington 4 years ago

What a lovely smile he has.

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Jack Nimble 4 years ago

Grandpa's blush and lipstick game on point

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Pamela Blue 3 years ago

It's a black and white picture that was "colourized." And they didn't do a good job of it, sadly.

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sophia lazzaro 4 years ago

Good looking and stunning eyes <3

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Daria Z 4 years ago

Looks like he's wearing light makeup :) Handsome!

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logical fallacy 4 years ago

It's the colourising process t

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Nadine 4 years ago

Yeah. That's how they used to colorize photos in the past: give everyone rosy cheeks! :-)

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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

t is the photo colouring

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Diane Abplanalp 3 years ago

That's because it's a hand-colored photo.

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The Old School Cool Reddit community says that it celebrates everyone from the past who’s looking hip: “Everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers. And everything in between.”

The subreddit has a whopping 14.5 million members and it asks its members that they don’t post any pictures of people from 1995 onward. Does that mean that every photo older than 25 is considered ‘old school’ now? We sure hope that this term doesn’t apply to people born before 1995, too!

My Grandma At 16. She Is Turning 80 This Year. She Makes Me Laugh Every Day. I Love This Woman!

Final score:

151points

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Charolett Wells 4 years ago

I want those earrings. Your Grandma is a beautiful woman.

47points

My Grandmother, Age 16 (Mexico)

Final score:

148points

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Nerevar 4 years ago

Stunning!

41points

The Rock At 16 Years Old. (1987)

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135points

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JessG 4 years ago

Imagine what he sounded like while his voice was cracking:-D

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It’s not too much of a stretch to say that people in the past aged faster than we do now. Why? One of the biggest factors related to visible aging is sun exposure: the more time you spend in the sun, the more it damages your skin, the older you’ll look.

Since more people used to work and spend time outdoors in the past (and sunscreen wasn’t as big of a thing as it is now), they visibly aged faster. Compare that to how more and more people in 2020 are spending way more time indoors and will apply sunscreen when they go outside and there you have it—mystery solved! Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone in the 21st century, but there’s a definite trend.

My Ukranian Grandmother In 1927 At 16 Years Old. Her Brother My Uncle Nick Opened The First Photography Studio In Drumheller,alberta. She Was His One Of His Best Friends And She Used To Hand Tint The Photographs For Him. I Miss Her Dearly.

My Ukranian Grandmother In 1927 At 16 Years Old. Her Brother My Uncle Nick Opened The First Photography Studio In Drumheller,alberta. She Was His One Of His Best Friends And She Used To Hand Tint The Photographs For Him. I Miss Her Dearly.

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122points

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Ivana Junas 4 years ago

She looks her age. The style of hair and clothing is currently perceived as "old fashioned" ad might be what makes her seem to be older. She looks 16.

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This Was My Grandad. He Was Australia’s Youngest Radio Announcer At 16 Back In 1934

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116points

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JessG 4 years ago

He's a pretty hip, cool cat

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My Grandparents Getting Married In Iceland In 1976 At 19

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111points

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Teresa Horton 4 years ago

Grandparents married in 1976? What year is it? How old am I? !!!

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Some other things that make you age faster are stress, constantly changing your diet, not drinking enough water, overindulging in soda, and neglecting your friendships. Keep that in mind if you want to keep looking and feeling young, dear Pandas!

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My Grandma. You May Not Believe But She Was 13 In This Photo.

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110points

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fro_st puppy 4 years ago

I can see a 13-year-old. just take off the fancy dress and makeup.

61points

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My 14 Year Old Grandfather Riding His New Bike In 1949 Dayton, Ohio

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107points

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Anne 4 years ago

OId face, but from the muscle structure you can see he is not out of his teens yet

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She Was About 17 When This Photo Was Taken. She Was Born In May Of 1918. On The Right Is Her Daughter, My Mother, Mary. She Was 19 And It Was The Day She Married My Dad

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100points

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Anne 4 years ago

Thats a fierce grandma you got there

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My Grandma (Mimi) Was An Airline Stewardess When She Was In Her Early 20’s (So, Early To Mid 1960’s), This Is A Newspaper Article From A Flight She Was On Where A Bag Full Of Frogs Escaped That She Had To Catch On The Plane

My Grandma (Mimi) Was An Airline Stewardess When She Was In Her Early 20’s (So, Early To Mid 1960’s), This Is A Newspaper Article From A Flight She Was On Where A Bag Full Of Frogs Escaped That She Had To Catch On The Plane

Final score:

98points

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Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

The expression on her face is priceless! She must have a great sense of humor.

43points

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My Grandma Around 20 Years Old

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95points

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Anne 4 years ago

stunning features

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My Paternal Grandfather Aged 16 Colourised

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93points

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Terje Nygård 4 years ago

Ruff his hair up, put on a hoodie and drop the glasses and it might surprise you how much clothes impacts "visual" age :)

82points

My Grandmother At 16 Years Old In 1917

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90points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I want that chair

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My Mother At 16 In 1949

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90points

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JessG 4 years ago

Lovely

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My Grandmother In 1955 (She Was Around 13 Or 14) And Her The Week My Grandfather “Found” Her!

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82points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I would have said mid twenties.

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1945, My 18 Year Old Grandmother Concetta. She Was The Woman Who Taught Me How To Be A Sassy, Classy And Bad-Assy Woman.

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78points

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LittleMissPanda 4 years ago

Wow, if you told me she's 40 with 3 kids, I wouldn't think twice about it

26points

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My Mum And Dads Wedding Here In The UK . Mum Was 20 Dad 21

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76points

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Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago

He looks really young, she does look a lot older.

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My 16 Year Old Grandmother, 1922

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75points

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Beverly 4 years ago

Her clothes are exquisite. Where was that taken, I wonder?

35points

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My Mama, Rose In High School

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74points

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Tomasz Jackowski 4 years ago

Did she allow you to drive the Mystery Machine? Don't you go tell me your mom's name is anything other than Velma :D Also, I love that style of glasses.

62points

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My Grandmother At 24 In 1934, Dancing With My Grandfather.

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72points

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Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

What’s that Ginger Rogers quote? She did everything he did, only backwards and in heels.

38points

My Grandfather When He Joined The Navy In 1942. He Was Only 16 Years Old At The Time Of This Picture

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72points

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JessG 4 years ago

He looks like a scrappy, sassy young lad

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A Photo Of My Great Grandmother, Lottie, With Her Hunting Buddies. She Had To Have Been In Her 20’s

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72points

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Daria Z 4 years ago

I like her badass look :)

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My Handsome Grandfather When He Was My Age (32).

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70points

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kathryn stretton 4 years ago

Looks like he worked outdoors.

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This Is My Grandmother In 1954 With Her Then Beau. Her First Love. She Was 17 Years Old

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66points

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JessG 4 years ago

Cute!

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Jamie Foxx, 18 Years Old

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Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago

A man who definitely ages better the older he gets.

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Bonifasiana Kosong 4 years ago

I think the proper word is 'mature' than 'older'. Just my opinion but some of the picture is from war time so kids just have to grow up faster because of circumstance.

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Hans 4 years ago

Good point. Add the stricter minims, formal clothes, and worse nutrition and you quickly get "results".

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Ivana Junas 4 years ago

Most of the people in these images absolutely look their age. A lot of the being older look is coming from the hair, clothing, ad makeup. Tat a lot of it is "old fashioned" to us is probably skewing the perceived age too.

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BiEL Sampaio 4 years ago

Came here for this.

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Gilda 4 years ago

The word teenagers is actually newer than you would think and that includes teenage dress during most of these time periods you went from child to adult in a swift motion

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Rachael K 4 years ago

yeah well considering that many 15-16 yr olds even got married then and wasnt frowned on as long as they didnt have pre marital "couplings" (sex) many ppl by 19 were already married with at least 1-2 kids

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Joakim Utterhall 4 years ago

I promise you that if you dress up like most of these and take a picture with the same equipment you will look similar.

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Mark 4 years ago

I think most of those are "traditional" with the era in which they were taken.

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Akula971 4 years ago

Put those hairstyles and clothes and photographic techniques on young people today, and they'd look the same.

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Jakub Rystwej 4 years ago

Don't you think that it's because we're sub-consciously associating black-white pictures, vintage looks & seriousness (on their faces) with some old ppl? It's only our general feeling that they got older faster,

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Paul Martin 4 years ago

I do not know if they look older, but they look very elegant.

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Peter Korpershoek 4 years ago

I think we can find proof that people used to age slower if we ask the community for pictures of their younger looking grandparents :)

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

I don't know -- I think ubiquitous smoking and drinking aged a lot of people young. Hard physical labor tended to help (hurt) too.

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TA B 4 years ago

I don't know why this is surprising. Things were a lot more unhealthy back then than they are now and unhealthy things can age you. For example: smoking was common, everyone did it or knew someone who did and some doctors even recommended it. Obviously this isn't the case any more.

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Al Christensen 4 years ago

It used to be that several generations lived together under one roof. That meant the adult-to-child ratio often favored adults, and the home was an adult culture. If kids wanted to participate, if they wanted respect, they mimicked the adults, including having jobs that contributed to the family finances. That's why in old photos you often see young boys going about their daily lives dressed in suits. Getting a suit was a step on the ladder to adulthood. By comparison, the modern nuclear family is usually child-oriented, with children protected and pampered and treated like, well, children. So a lot of people never want to grow up, which is one reason we have so many adults still dressing like kids. Like all the guys in shorts, t-shirts and a backwards ball cap.

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ember avery 4 years ago

well now we have clean drinking water in most places and people shower on the daily. some people also use makeup. maybe the reason they look more mature is because they had more responsibilities than teens nowadays. and don't forget that we stay inside a lot with air conditioning and have face masks, cream, face wash etc.

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

These people are so lucky to have old photos of relatives still in generally good condition. After more than 15 years of research I have yet to find a photo of any of my grandparents.

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

Have you ever tried going on Ancestry and looking for your parents or grandparents' cousins? I have lots of old photos of my grandparent's relatives -- someone may have some of yours. A DNA test might help you find them more easily. Just a thought.

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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago

I think they matured earlier, mainly because more was expected of them (such as respect for their elders), they actually had to work hard, and they weren't handed everything on a plate. I also noticed that they seemed to dress more respectfully (not a single belly button or pair of "daisy dukes" in the lot!)

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Caroline Driver 4 years ago

-Certainly with the older ones, kids back then went from children to adult, there were no teenagers, with their own style. Once they weren't treated like children anymore, they wanted to look like grown ups.

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lara 4 years ago

People didn't age "faster" back then. People wished to grow up and assume an adult's position in society as being an adult was entree into society. People dressed like adults and acted like adults. They did not attempt to remain a child all their lives nor "look" young. They did not wish to be treated like a child, they wanted to enter into society and contribute. They were totally unlike society today,

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devi L. 4 years ago

This was during tough times. Kids had to work and people were struggling to survive. Pretty sure air pollution and war was out there as well

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Mike Crow 4 years ago

I agree with some of the others that people matured faster back in the day. Today we seem to extend adolescences more and more until we treat people in their twenties as children.

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Elena Korchagina 3 years ago

Мне кажется все выглядят как раз на свой возраст🤷‍♀️

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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

n these times their just were no clothes or hair styles for the teens, they had to use adult styles which I feel age them considerably. Yes, war time clothes and a difficult time but in the UK the rationing of food was well balanced and nutritional supposed to be the times when everyone was very well fed.

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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

Abe Vigoda was 54 years old on Barney Miller, and even only 57 on Fish. Sophia Petrillo from the Golden Girls was 62.

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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

Cheers mailman Cliff Clavin was 33. He was played by a 35-year-old. The "Young Mister Granger" on Are You Being Served was in his 60s; the bald, white-haired (Nicolas Smith) Mr. Rumbold was 38. General George Washington was 44 when the Declaration of Independence was signed; Thomas Jerfferson was 33. On the other hand, Ben Franklin looked pretty decent, apart from being obese, for a 72-year-old in the famous portrait you certainly picture him from.

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David Fox 4 years ago

Know wonder people would get married at like 12 back in the day

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Cynthia Souza 4 years ago

I don't think anyone aged faster, I think they matured earlier. Add in the hairstyles and clothing, and to current observers the people look older.

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Steve Cruz 4 years ago

There are documentaries and a feature film about TEENAGERS. That concept didn't arrive until 1952 when radio shows began sponsoring hops for "INBETWEENS." Before then children went into puberty, then some went to college and most entered the workforce and marriage.

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Ruth Beaty 4 years ago

People didn't age faster, kids just tended to dress like adults instead of having their own type of fashion. That is actually a fairly modern concept. It started in about the 50's when teenagers really became a separate thing and developed a different fashion sense than adults or younger kids.

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soura ishappy 4 years ago

So, i guess no wonder long time ago people get married in a very young age

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Azziza 4 years ago

I definitely think people aged faster back in the day. None of my friends look as old as our parents did at our ages. I think it's to do with less tanning, more skincare, better nutrition (or more plentiful anyway, whether it's healthy is awholenother thing!)

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Azziza 4 years ago

Another thing that helps people look younger is that we are not ravaged with as many diseases (coronavirus notwithstanding) than people in the past. We are lucky to live in a time when we are spared many diseases because of vaccination.

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I love these posts

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CbusResident 4 years ago

1. Are we sure the 'facts' being claimed here are actually facts? 'Look at these men who were dwarfs from the '50s - proof that the avg. adult male height in the '50s was 3'8!' 'Look at the world's tallest woman from 1970 - most women used to be 7'0!' You see the problem, this is a tiny sample size. It's hard to know how representative any of this was of the billions of young people who existed during given slices of the past. 2. As others have said, is it actual biological aging that happened more for these people or that their clothes, hair, facial hair and makeup are what we associate w/ older ages? For many of us these were styles we associate w/ our grandparents & great-grandparents - the clothes styles of the older eras they were from, which they still wore when we knew them when they were 70-90-something people. In a lot of cases if you photoshopped the people shown into contemporary 20-something fashions you'd get a very different, much younger impression of them.

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Jack Nimble 4 years ago

As a counterpoint, I present you Greg Oden at 18 years of age: https://fingerfood.typepad.com/.a/6a012875949499970c01287594e3d0970c-pi

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john robert 4 years ago

Why I Hate Elon Musk https://youtu.be/mOzSeZ-swls

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Bonifasiana Kosong 4 years ago

I think the proper word is 'mature' than 'older'. Just my opinion but some of the picture is from war time so kids just have to grow up faster because of circumstance.

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Hans 4 years ago

Good point. Add the stricter minims, formal clothes, and worse nutrition and you quickly get "results".

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Ivana Junas 4 years ago

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BiEL Sampaio 4 years ago

Came here for this.

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Gilda 4 years ago

The word teenagers is actually newer than you would think and that includes teenage dress during most of these time periods you went from child to adult in a swift motion

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Rachael K 4 years ago

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Joakim Utterhall 4 years ago

I promise you that if you dress up like most of these and take a picture with the same equipment you will look similar.

6points

Mark 4 years ago

I think most of those are "traditional" with the era in which they were taken.

6points

Akula971 4 years ago

Put those hairstyles and clothes and photographic techniques on young people today, and they'd look the same.

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Jakub Rystwej 4 years ago

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Paul Martin 4 years ago

I do not know if they look older, but they look very elegant.

2points

Peter Korpershoek 4 years ago

I think we can find proof that people used to age slower if we ask the community for pictures of their younger looking grandparents :)

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

I don't know -- I think ubiquitous smoking and drinking aged a lot of people young. Hard physical labor tended to help (hurt) too.

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TA B 4 years ago

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Al Christensen 4 years ago

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ember avery 4 years ago

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

These people are so lucky to have old photos of relatives still in generally good condition. After more than 15 years of research I have yet to find a photo of any of my grandparents.

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Lynda Momalo 4 years ago

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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago

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Caroline Driver 4 years ago

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lara 4 years ago

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devi L. 4 years ago

This was during tough times. Kids had to work and people were struggling to survive. Pretty sure air pollution and war was out there as well

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Mike Crow 4 years ago

I agree with some of the others that people matured faster back in the day. Today we seem to extend adolescences more and more until we treat people in their twenties as children.

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Elena Korchagina 3 years ago

Мне кажется все выглядят как раз на свой возраст🤷‍♀️

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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

Abe Vigoda was 54 years old on Barney Miller, and even only 57 on Fish. Sophia Petrillo from the Golden Girls was 62.

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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago

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David Fox 4 years ago

Know wonder people would get married at like 12 back in the day

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Cynthia Souza 4 years ago

I don't think anyone aged faster, I think they matured earlier. Add in the hairstyles and clothing, and to current observers the people look older.

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Steve Cruz 4 years ago

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Ruth Beaty 4 years ago

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soura ishappy 4 years ago

So, i guess no wonder long time ago people get married in a very young age

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Azziza 4 years ago

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Azziza 4 years ago

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