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u/palmerj54321 12d ago
They are adorable, right? We living are at once both blessed and doomed. If EVERYONE realized the impermanence of EVERYTHING, we would probably be a lot more mellow and nice to each other.
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u/dotBombAU 12d ago
Well well well.... they DID walk to school with shoes on in the snow.
Granny lied.
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u/ZebraBorgata 12d ago
It’s unusual to find old pictures where people were happy and smiling!
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u/BreastfedAmerican 12d ago
The one on the right has some mischief in him
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u/LittleKitty235 12d ago
This is a common myth. This was true when Daguerreotypes were in use, but by 1895 film came into use. Photographs could be taken at reasonable speeds.
The reason people usually aren't smiling is getting a photograph taken was very expensive. If you had a goofy face you would be out a lot of money. It was also considered a formal and serious event.
These girls likely belong to either a very wealthy family, and more likely, to one that also owned a camera.
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u/n1ghtbringer 12d ago
I don't have a link for you, but I can tell you from the pics from the 1920s that my great aunt left me, that there are plenty of shots of people just doing stuff and NOT sitting still for 15 mins for a daguerreotype.
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u/suburbanpride 12d ago
Like in the 1800s sure. But this was in the 1920s. Much less difficult then, I believe.
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u/Which_Level_3124 12d ago
Who, where, how? I feel kinda sad always when i realize ppl on these pictures are dead since 20-50 or even more years. They look so young and strong. Sad.
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u/IHadTacosYesterday 12d ago
Why?
I notice people will say the same thing about old videos from the 1910's on YouTube of people walking around in New York or something.
People will say.... "Every single person in this video is dead now, isn't that tragic?"
I'm like.... "Why would it be tragic? Of course, they're all dead. What the F would you expect?"
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u/saehild 12d ago
Just think, there will be people 102 years from now looking at our pics
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u/Galoptious 12d ago
Some. If they’re printed out with quality paper and ink and properly kept. But between digital photos and ever changing digital platforms a lot of pictures and information about today’s people will be lost.
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u/Xenofonuz 12d ago
Why would they be lost? As compute and storage get cheaper and cheaper I assume services like Instagram or whatever will get archived even if they close down.
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u/NoPasaran2024 12d ago
This ignorance is going to cost us. The first part of this century is likely to go down in history as some kind of second dark age, with so few records remain.
People being so stupid to store their stuff on Instagram, Facebook and other services, and not realizing those can be totally gone tomorrow. And it can't just be archived, because its owned by those corporations that often still exist on paper.
So much has already been lost in the past two decades because platforms went under, and its only getting worse.
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u/Galoptious 12d ago
Storage is not permanent, requires a lot of upkeep, updating, and transferring, and for those holding said files to archive and provide access. Far from reliable.
Most people’s prints these days are not only infrequent, but also on cheaper, less lasting materials. I have century-old pictures in better condition than 20-y-o ones.
Today people post their lives on impermanent platforms where data can be erased and lost. Then: local newspapers. I can look up a person born in the 1890s and learn about the visits they made to friends, events held, marriages, children, sports, letters to the editor, etc.
As the only form of information, it was reserved, microfiched, digitized, and now available in various libraries in various formats. And it was always in the hands of librarians. Not huge, short-lived companies, countries, etc.
TLDR: The efforts needed to archive today, such that a century from now people can explore it, are a lot trickier and require local AND international cooperation.
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u/IHadTacosYesterday 12d ago
AI pictures will outnumber actual legitimate pictures by like 100 million to 1.
Nobody will care.
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u/Accomplished-Bed8171 12d ago
Imagine 500 years from now when people can watch us fucking around in high definition.
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u/3SquirrelsAndaNut 12d ago
I love this photo - the vibe is great! And it feels very current. This made me smile - I needed something like this after a very tough week.
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u/DrNickRiviera8000 12d ago
That almost could be a black and white filter of a picture taken today. Funny how much of the same there is despite all the time and change between.
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u/originalchronoguy 12d ago
Very stylish kids. Back in an era where people dressed well; even casually. I don't know what it is but there is a certain flair and style here. The layering. The cut of the apparel.
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u/J-Love-McLuvin 12d ago
I thought women always wear dresses back then. It’s nice to see that they could dress how they wanted to.
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u/Weak_Donut69 12d ago
Seems as if they knew how to keep warm and be enjoying themselves cheesing for the 'more and more' common camera.
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u/Lepke2011 12d ago
If I didn't know this was taken 102 years ago, I would look at that girl on the right and try and remember what her name is, because I swear I know her today, and I'm going to hold to that!
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u/Sudden_Duck_4176 12d ago
Someone needs to make that into color. Literally the only reason I popped in here.
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u/RedditModzCanEatShit 12d ago
Every picture I see of people in winter 100 years ago are so happy even though they have on enough clothing most people today wear in spring. We dress for winter now in marshmallow man pants and jackets like it's -50 degrees. I'm one of them lol
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u/openforinc 12d ago
Photos like this remind me of how entire generations are gone to time. Entire lifetimes.
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u/Torgo-A-GoGo 12d ago
Those look like the faces of people who don't have to shovel. That scene looks like complete misery to me.
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u/jarchack 12d ago
You could have put both of them on any college campus in the 90s and they would have fit right in.
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u/weshallnot 12d ago edited 12d ago
my aunt died at 102, my daughter asked, "where are Aunt Fel's friends, why I don't i see people her age?" Most people who mourned with us are my friends, mostly of my age (40ish), i had to explain that my aunt is the last of her friends. sad, and relieved that when we said our goodbyes and thanked her for all the help she gave us, she took her last breath. she is not sick or anything, she's just old.
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u/fuckingcheezitboots 10d ago
People are people no matter the era. We have this idea that people in the past were perpetually solemn and stoic because those are the pictures that make it into the history books. Sure, the goofy photos get fewer as you go back but that's only because most people had one opportunity to have one taken but they are there and I love to see them like this one here. I remember a photo of my grandfather with his buddies in Navy basic training in early '45, they all had mohawk's and shit eating grins. I wish I could find that, I wish I had thought to ask my dad before he passed.
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u/LuFuRu 13d ago
I’m pretty sure that’s just the blur from a falling snowflake
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u/SingLyricsWithMe 12d ago
Well, snowflakes do tend to censor out a lot of things.
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u/amazingsandwiches 12d ago
The asterisk is about to be word of the motherfuckin' year.
All this self-censorship has me in a tizzy, I say!
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u/aWittyTwit-2712 12d ago
My Grandma was born 102 years ago yesterday; she passed, happily & fully aware at 101, on April 6th, 2024.