Just to clarify, I know the year of the photo because it is stamped with the photo booth name, and the date on the back. I also talked to her about the photo because I couldn’t believe she was only 16. She was born in 1927.
It absolutely is. Often times the argument can be made that diets and overall health knowledge were worse in the past which can be attributed to people looking older than they were, but in this case specifically it's just the hair, makeup, and clothing.
And many times, people are slow to change styles. So people who lived in this time kept aspects of this style into old age, and so we grew up associating that look with people who were old.
That still happens today. Just isn't quite as obvious when you've lived it. Queen Camilla's hair is straight 1982. Nothing to do with money or power, just personality.
I’ve noticed 50 year old guys with sagging jeans… 1. I’m sorry, that’s hilarious. 2. I’m quickly sobered when I realized I’m into my 30’s myself and am seeing fashions I remember being flaunted as “vintage” fashion. Then look up the definition of vintage and I think I’m going to go cry now….
Something that was recently explained to me by an older relative that I also think is at play here is the fact that there wasn't really teenager-specific fashion until later in the 20th century. So the kids we see in photos from the 40s are all dressed like much older adults.
I asked my dad, once, about some people in a scrapbook of his trip to Europe when he was 18 with his dad. I asked him if they looked older to him than whatever their age was, as I thought they looked a bit older, maybe in their 30s or something, and he said that they still looked the age he was at the time too. So it's interesting that at some point in our lives, we see the generations older than us and our current generation, and they're cemented as always just "older", even as time progresses and we get older than those who look "old" to us.
>I also talked to her about the photo because I couldn’t believe she was only 16. She was born in 1927. Old photos of young people often look older to modern eyes because they feature hairstyles, clothing, etc. we now associate with “old people.” Like if you saw “Karen hair” on a teenager in the 1980s, you’d automatically think of her as, well, a middle-aged woman.
That and some old photos of my relatives seem to show them with some malnourishment so they have harder features. Dunno if that does anything
而且我一些亲戚的老照片,好像显示他们有点营养不良,所以五官显得比较硬朗。不知道这有没有影响
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editorgrrl26 赞2022/10/25
You’d also need to block out the eyebrows and lipstick.
你还得把眉毛和口红给 P 掉。
Ichibonkiller27 赞2022/10/25
Hey, I cleaned up this beautiful photo and Id like to send it to you. Can I PM you?
嘿,我把这张漂亮的照片修复了一下,想发给你。我可以私信你吗?
StupidizeMe1,074 赞2022/10/24
She's beautiful. Isn't it weird how teenagers used to look like adults?
她真美。
以前的青少年看起来就像成年人,这难道不奇怪吗?
mykulFritz657 赞2022/10/24
Thank you! She was a radio singer in the 40s for a radio station KFH in Kansas. She was a wonderful grandmother, really loved children.
谢谢!她在40年代是堪萨斯州KFH电台的一名电台歌手。她是一位很棒的祖母,真的很爱孩子。
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mykulFritz123 赞2022/10/24
That is awesome. So far I’ve been unsuccessful in finding any recordings of my grandma singing, we have some photos, but no radio recordings. I have one recording that she made on a real to reel when she was a teenager but that’s it so far.
it's so weird - im certain it's all because of the clothes and styling but idk we need a photo of a 1940s teen in streetwear, jordans, and airpods for comparison
It's also the actual photography. My mums an analogue photographer and she took a pictures of me when I was about 11 once, and I looked like a 20 year old in it.
Yes it is fashion and styling. People usually fix the way they dress , cut their hair, etc to a style that they liked when they were young, usually around their twenties. Newer generation link that style to the older generation, and when newer generation look at picture of young people with the style of someone they associate to old people… well brain do it’s thing, people look older. I do not remember where I had this information but probably a YouTube video based on some studies about fashion and generation and appearance of age
> im certain it's all because of the clothes and styling but idk I imagine it's mostly style changes and a little bit of genuine differences in the form of nutritional and personal care changes - I'm sure relatively modern things like using sunscreen regularly from childhood can go a long way.
Stress counts for a lot as well. So many things we take for granted as being here to ease life weren't a thing, 80+ years ago. Those that were, were in the earliest stages of use. Think about how much work it takes to cook, clean, and maintain your home right now and double it, if not triple the amount of time and effort needed to do those things. Not to mention a lack of widespread indoor environmental controls. Life was harder and it is reflected in how those who lived through it aged.
I want someone with skills to edit this photo… like give her straight, middle parted hair and make her face over a bit into ‘clean girl’ style. I’m so curious.
I would struggle to put an age on her tbh certainly not 16
说实话,我很难猜出她的年龄,反正肯定不止16岁。
MarshallSlaymaker31 赞2022/10/25
This is totally a thing. People in the future will be saying today's teens look like adults. The short explanation is people in the present see old style aesthetics as "old people styles" on teenagers. [Here is a cool video that gets into it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqt8T3tJIE)
And today, adults look like teenagers. It's the circle of life...
而且如今呢,成年人又看起来像青少年了。这就是生命的轮回啊……
teddysmom377629 赞2022/10/24
beautiful! those cheekbones!
太美了!那对颧骨简直绝了!
PutJewinsideME131 赞2022/10/24
Stunning cheek bone structure. Striking!
这颧骨长得绝了。简直惊艳!
sqplanetarium64 赞2022/10/24
And eyebrows/brow line…wow!
还有这眉毛和眉骨线条……哇塞!
Mother-Deal-986517 赞2022/10/25
We love Grandma!
我们超爱奶奶!
Rochesters-1stWife140 赞2022/10/24
Movie star beauty!
电影明星般的颜值!
Zaddysback119 赞2022/10/24
Katharine Hepburn vibes.
很有凯瑟琳·赫本(Katharine Hepburn)的范儿。
seoteimoh1364 赞2022/10/25
[I know people hate on Lorde but the physical resemblance here is wild.]()
[我知道大家老是黑洛德(Lorde),但讲真,这长得也太像了吧。]()
The_Milk-lady31 赞2022/10/25
Why do people hate on Lorde?
为什么大家总爱黑 Lorde 啊?
seoteimoh1320 赞2022/10/25
Idk why, I’ve just seen people on Reddit trash talk her more than once 🤷♀️ I personally enjoyed her first album and haven’t really listened to her other stuff.
We should start doing our lipstick like this again
我们真该重新开始这么涂口红了。
ssjr1342 赞2022/10/25
I regularly use dark red colors on my lips and it always makes me feel so feminine and classy. I love how women did their makeup back then.
我平时经常涂深红色的口红,这总让我感觉特别有女人味,高级感拉满。我超喜欢以前那种复古妆容的画法。
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I think she’s doing something special with the top lip though, like she did very long “hills” on the top and they extend juuust a bit out beyond the corner, like a lipstick wing!
It really was different time back then. Feel really nostalgic for a time i never experienced.
那时候的世道确实大不一样。明明是没经历过的年代,却莫名感到一阵怀旧。
MisterBilau86 赞2022/10/24
16? How?
_white_jesus39 赞2022/10/24
Looks almost 30 to me!
在我看来看着得有快30了!
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Please, take a seat over here lol.
拜托,快请坐这边吧哈哈。
mykulFritz33 赞2022/10/24
🤷♂️
echo6golf64 赞2022/10/24
Those are some rocking cheek bones.
这颧骨长得也太绝了。
mykulFritz37 赞2022/10/24
She got them from her mother.
她这基因是遗传自她妈。
ywBBxNqW23 赞2022/10/25
That must've hurt.
那一下肯定很疼吧。
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She is stunningly beautiful 💕
What is one of your favourite memories of her?
她美得惊为天人 💕
关于她,你最喜欢的一段回忆是什么?
mykulFritz93 赞2022/10/25
She was always singing. She had the most beautiful voice and when I would visit my dad over the summers I would hear her singing while she was getting stuff done. Her singing is always a good memory. She also loved to tell stories. She had a wonderful imagination and would always make up stories to tell us. She had one about two elves that fell off Santa’s sleigh and their misadventures trying to get back to the north pole. That one was more of a series.
What beautiful memories to have! Thank you for sharing those. What a special woman to create a series of stories for you; clearly she loved you very much ❤️
I started a project a while ago where I collected all the family stuff I could, like photos, letters things like that and scanned them. I found a bunch of letters written to my grandmother from soldiers who had seen her singing at live events that the radio station she sang for hosted. She was always very good about writing them back but some of them are kind of heartbreaking when you realize some of these guys never came back. I have once in mind that I’ll post.
She oozes confidence and is very pretty. She also has such nice cheekbones. I love history. 16 year old girls today have 1000s of pictures of themselves, but back then she would really expend the time and effort to get a nice picture of herself when she liked how she looked. I admire that. She is very similar in age to both of my grandmothers.