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    “The Time-Traveling Hipster”

    April 29, 2026
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    This photo was taken at the reopening of the South Fork Bridge in Gold Bridge, British Columbia, in 1941. It’s sometimes claimed that the man at the center appears too modern to belong in such a crowd. It’s true that he’s dressed more casually than those around him, but the sunglasses he’s wearing first appeared in the 1920s, and his “T-shirt” appears to be a sweater with an emblem sewn on, possibly that of the Montreal Maroons, a contemporary hockey team. His camera is small for the time, but Kodak had begun offering portable cameras of that size three years earlier.

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    1. Conscious-Reserve-48 on April 29, 2026 8:06 pm

      His sunglasses seem more modern because the shade around his eyes make the shape of the glasses distorted.

      His clothing and camera do not look unusual for 1941.

    2. phoebe64 on April 29, 2026 8:51 pm

      He looks like Dr. Cox from Scrubs.

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