21 Funny Photos From History Showing People Have Always Had a Sense of Humor
Carly Tennes
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07/17/2024
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While old-school photographs are often seen as stoic affairs, defined by stiff upper lips and blank stares, these images only offer a single snapshot (pun unavoidable) into what life was like for our ancestors. Case in point? The rich archive of face-contorted, funny snaps that prove the time-honored tradition of taking a "silly one" is as old as the camera itself.
From family photos gone wrong to photobooth hijinks, here are 21 funny photos from history that show we've always had a sense of humor.
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“Having fun in front of the camera. 1900.” -
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“This is my mom and dad in the 60’s. My father is a very serious man and this is one of the only times I’ve ever seen him make a silly face. They were married for 48 years. I had this framed for him on Father’s Day.” -
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“My Grandmother in the 1950s. She was always artistic and silly. The best of both worlds!” -
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“Ministry of Silly Walks 1970.” -
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“Brigitte Bardot being silly on a swing set.” -
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“My grandma - always silly and sweet, since the 1950s.” -
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“My Nana and Granda, ages 19, 1963, being silly on a walk in Ireland.” -
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“My grandma making a silly face at her workplace (1957).” -
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“Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn make silly mustaches. 1957.” -
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“Just my dad being silly. USSR Circa 1985.” -
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“John Cleese and Michael Palin showing the girls how it’s done while filming Monty Python’s Flying Circus in 1970.” -
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“My friend's late Aunt being silly on her wedding night. They were married over 50 years.” -
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“Four men posing for a studio portrait in Black River falls, Wisconsin, 1900.” -
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“My grandfather and grandmother acting silly. Mid 1910s.” -
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“Girls being silly & pretending to be toddlers, 1895.” -
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“My favorite picture of my often very silly grandparents. 1960s Brooklyn.” -
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“Tongues out. Early 1900s.” -
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Vintage photo from a family album, Freeport, IL -
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“My great-grandfather (left) and a buddy being silly in their WWI uniforms.” -
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“My Grandma and her siblings. Today she would have turned 100.” -
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“My gran, having a smoke, being silly in Somerville, MA - 1939.” -
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