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    My grandmother and her gang – 1925

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    1. jadiana on

      They say that selfies is a thing of our generation, but I have dozens of photos of my grandmother and her friends mugging at the camera. They called themselves a ‘gang’ and they all had nicknames.

    13. Available_Buy7317 on

      The hand-on-hip sass in this photo is eternal, some things literally never change.

    14. BabyFishmouthTalk on

      *No young person knows what it is to be old, but every old person knows what it is to be young.*

    15. starsfan6878 on

      Beautiful pictures. They seem so full of life.

      Can anyone read what is says around picture 6? Starting at the bottom, proceeding widdershins; **brackets** indicate guesses more wild-ass than the rest:

      >Tired &- tired some. -Cold?- about to freeze – want my coat?- no just the sleeves. Would you could you or won’t your momma let you? **[**!!oh**]** I **[**new**]** you would.

      A big of composed-on-the-spot doggerel? A known ditty of the day? A lyric now forgotten?

      I figure the seemingly misspelled *knew* at the end is either a write-o or I just can’t read her handwriting well enough to differentiate the k,

      Anybody *now*?

    17. Sweetheart_o_Summer on

      Love seeing casual pictures from the past. People being regular is the best.

    18. tyrone_shoelaces on

      They were actually quite brave for the time. Showing all that leg could get you thrown in jail back then roaring 20’s or not. Thanks for posting!

    19. Hopeful-Function4522 on

      I reckon they would have been a riot!!! It looks as though they are what was known as “flappers”, which, according to Wikipedia:

      **Flappers** were a [subculture](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture) of young [Western](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world) women prominent after the [First World War](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I) and through the [1920s](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s) who wore knee-length skirts (considered short during that period), [bobbed](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_cut) their hair, listened to [jazz](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz#1920s_and_1930s), and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior. Flappers have been seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes in public, driving automobiles, treating sex in a casual manner, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper#cite_note-1) As automobiles became more available, flappers gained freedom of movement and privacy.[[2]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper#cite_note-2)

    22. Numerous-Pepper-3883 on

      The coolest looking group of girls, amazing actually, I love the photos!

    23. Cool_Cry_9602 on

      These make me so happy! Girlhood is eternal 💕 the handwriting is similar to my own nana (born in 1926)

    27. Mommy444444 on

      These are lovely photos. My grandma b 1898 cut her hair off at UW Wausau college. It was such a huge deal to do that.

    29. lifeisgoodinsf on

      Such sharp looking ladies! I love their hair and the outfits. Do you know what part of the country they lived in?

    30. notguiltybrewing on

      Nice. I have a picture of my mom and her gang from roughly 1940 give or take.

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