Old photos are a real pleasure to look at: it’s awesome to see how fashion and style trends changed. But one thing that caught our eye is that a lot of young people in old-timey photos seem to look far older than people of the same age nowadays. Did people use to age faster in the past? It’s worth considering.
Scroll down to check out the photos we’ve collected showing how humans from the past looked way older than they ‘should.’ One of the places we drew inspiration from is the Old School Cool subreddit that’s dedicated to photos of “history’s coolest kids,” so give them a visit and have a peek at the awesome pics they post.
When you’re done enjoying this list, check our other posts about people sharing old photos that ‘prove’ humans aged faster in the past here and here.
#1 My Grandmother On Her Confirmation Day In 1941. She Is 14 Years Old In This Picture And She Made Her Own Dress.
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#2 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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#3 My Grandfather’s Ww2 Photograph, He Was 18 Years Old. Still Alive And Sharp As A Tack At 96.
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#4 My Grandma At 16. She Is Turning 80 This Year. She Makes Me Laugh Every Day. I Love This Woman!
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#5 My Grandmother, Age 16 (Mexico)
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#6 The Rock At 16 Years Old. (1987)
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#7 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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#8 This Was My Grandad. He Was Australia’s Youngest Radio Announcer At 16 Back In 1934
Image source: Marty James
#9 My Grandparents Getting Married In Iceland In 1976 At 19
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#10 My Grandma. You May Not Believe But She Was 13 In This Photo.
Image source: Deja Parker
#11 My 14 Year Old Grandfather Riding His New Bike In 1949 Dayton, Ohio
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#12 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
Image source: Christina Lee
#13 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
Image source: Danielle Brandon Teed
#14 My Grandma Around 20 Years Old
Image source: Suzanna Hultqvist
#15 My Paternal Grandfather Aged 16 Colourised
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#16 My Grandmother At 16 Years Old In 1917
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#17 My Mother At 16 In 1949
#18 My Grandmother In 1955 (She Was Around 13 Or 14) And Her The Week My Grandfather “Found” Her!
Image source: Briann Durkan
#19 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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#20 My Mum And Dads Wedding Here In The UK . Mum Was 20 Dad 21
Image source: Carol Dean
#21 My 16 Year Old Grandmother, 1922
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#22 My Mama, Rose In High School
Image source: Morgan Coady
#23 My Grandmother At 24 In 1934, Dancing With My Grandfather.
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#24 My Grandfather When He Joined The Navy In 1942. He Was Only 16 Years Old At The Time Of This Picture
Image source: Michelle Elam
#25 A Photo Of My Great Grandmother, Lottie, With Her Hunting Buddies. She Had To Have Been In Her 20’s
Image source: Ashley Fajkowski
#26 My Handsome Grandfather When He Was My Age (32).
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#27 This Is My Grandmother In 1954 With Her Then Beau. Her First Love. She Was 17 Years Old
Image source: Laynie Hails
#28 Jamie Foxx, 18 Years Old
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