40 Snapshots Prove That Our Grandmas Were Cooler Than We Thought in the 1940s _ The Old Days in America Fanpage
Despite being influenced by the Great Depression and the Second World War, women in the 1940s kept their glamorous looks and fashionable style. Maybe they are just a few, but these submitted pics of Flickr's members prove that our grandmas were probably cooler than we thought.
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| Claire, my grandma, 1940s |
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| Eleanor Wood (my grandma) were visiting his parents, Cleveland, OH, 1949 |
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| From grandma's hand written on the back: "Last summer in Yosemite Nat. Park", circa 1940s |
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| Funny portrait of my grandma Lavon, July 1945 |
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| "Golf Practice". Grandma in pants, circa 1940s |
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| Grandma as a teenager, circa 1940s |
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| Grandma Betty Craig at the beach, early 1940s |
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| Grandma Gloria wore sunglasses, circa 1940s |
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| Grandmother holding her puppy to pose for photographing in the snow, circa 1940s |
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| My grandma Joan Kirkland taken at Plage Laval in 1941 |
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| Grandma Joanne Illingworth, circa 1943 |
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| Grandma Lois, 1949. The left is of my grandma's senior portrait, and the right was taken sometime after |
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| Grandma Lyn as a teenager, 1940 |
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| Grandma on her wedding day, South Dakota, circa 1940s. Dead in sixties |
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| Grandma Pat, 1946 |
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| Grandma poses with "Sharp Curves" sign, 1949 |
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| Grandma reading a book, Ontario, summer of 1944 |
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| My grandma on a motorbike, circa 1940s. She looks like Norma Jeane (young Marilyn Monroe) in this photo |
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| Grandma with a camera posing on the hood of 1941 Buick Coupe, 1947 |
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| My grandmother wears a giant hat, circa 1940s |
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| Grandma, April 22, 1948 |
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| Grandma,19 years old, sitting on car somewhere near Camp Lejeune, NC in the spring of 1942 |
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| Grandmother in a polka-dot dress posing on a building's rooftop, Oklahoma, circa 1940s |
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| Grandmother is so cool, January 1948 |
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| I wish I could pull off a sleek riding outfit like my grandma, circa 1940s |
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| 'Lady of the lake'. My grandma in the late 1940s |
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| My grandma at 14 years old, 1941 |
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| My grandma Gloria Mendoza, 1947 at the age of 20 |
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| My grandma in an evening gown with long, long gloves, the Bronx, New York, 1947 |
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| My grandma looked like she was taking a selfie, 1947 |
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| My grandma Maxine posing during WWII and sent this picture during the war while my grandpa was out at sea |
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| My grandma wearing pants, circa 1940s |
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| My grandmother Dee as a young woman not long after my mother was born, 1944 |
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| My grandmother is so sexy in this backless dress, London, 1949 |
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| My grandmother Lois Kathleen in Canton, New York, late 1940s |
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| My grandmother poses on a bench, New York, 1946 |
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| My grandmother Rose Tseronis Vardas (1920–2007) who died after a long illness on September 14. This photo is from the early 1940s |
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| My young grandma in the early 1940s |
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| That's my grandma in the 1940s. What a catch! |