I guess smiling was frowned on back then in the 1920’s
by Killercop1894
I guess smiling was frowned on back then in the 1920’s
by Killercop1894
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Cameras were known to steal the subject’s soul.
It’s the roaring twenties, baby! Glitz and glamour for all!
Need me a mustard biscuit mmmmhmmmm
Yeah I prefer this over the glorified teeth-baring Americans are obsessed with.
Cameras back then took approximately 30 – 40 seconds to “take” the picture, smiling that long would’ve been tough. There’s a running gag in the movie A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST about this.
EDIT: a few of you have illuminated how off the mark I was. Thank you for teaching me the facts!
Her hairstyle and dress is more consistent with the 1940s.
She just had RBF.
Guy in the last pic didnt get the ‘no smiling’ memo lol
My late MIL, born in 1919, said that having your picture taken back then, and particularly in the decades before that, were serious occasions, especially formal portraits.
And frowning was smiled upon.
From their clothing styles, definitely *not* the 1920s. Depending on how frugal and conservative these individuals were (looking at the last photo in particular), this could have been from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. I guarantee that camera and film speeds had absolutely nothing to do with why the woman didn’t smile, and I can’t believe that she would have seen these as “formal portraits” that required decorum. I’d bet that she simply didn’t feel like smiling.
Her Dress, hair and the mans outfit all look more 1940s maybe early 50s.
The cameras were slower. You had to stay still or it would be blurry
My grandmother said smiling for no reason made you look like a fool. She was born in the 1930s and rarely smiled in pictures.
This lady doesn’t look that old if you zoom in. She just is dressed a bit old for her age.
I can’t afford the wrinkles anymore.
That’s a bad guess after posting someone smiling, bot.