While they may spend their days playing bridge, sharing Minions memes on Facebook, and beating all of their 70-something friends at tennis, our grandparents weren't always retirees. Back in their day, they were some of the coolest people out there — just take a look at some of their old photos.
From motorcycle trips to snaps taken with their bands, here are 22 pics that prove our grandparents were absolutely metal back in their day.
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“My grandpa posing with his fellow comrades during WW2 early 1940s.”
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“My grandmother as a teenager, posing on a motorcycle- 1960’s.”
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“My great-grandma celebrated her 90th birthday by taking her first ever motorcycle ride. 1989.”
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“My grandma riding a motorbike in her twenties sporting a pearl necklace.”
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“Early 1950's, Rockford, IL - My grandma posing for my grandpa by a custom pool in their back yard. Kodachrome Slide Film.”
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“My grandma roller skating mid-1950s.”
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“Grandma, throwing a snowball while ice skating, 1960s.”
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“My grandma in 1956 at Buckroe Beach.”
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“Great great Grandpa’s folk punk jazz fusion band circa 1900’s.”
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“My grandpa with an antique pipe (c. 1964).”
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“My Grandpa posing with his freshly caught sawfish, 1940’s.”
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“My grandfather in WWII. The epitome of bada—.”
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“My Grandpa, striking a pose in the Navy locker room in 1953. He wrote on the back that he was trying to find work as a ad book model.”
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“My Great-Grandpa 1920s.”
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“My grandma in the 70s.”
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“My Great Grandpa's jazz band, circa 1930.”
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“My grandpa looking suave in the 1940s.”
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“My handsome Mexican grandpa who fought in WW2. Born in the US but didn't learn English until the army. Proudly served under Patton.”
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“My grandma’s (top row, second from left) all-female Jazz Band in the 1940s.”
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“Volvo model grandma just turned 90.”
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“My grandma (front) in 1944 with her family, wearing trousers despite her father not wanting her to wear them in public.”
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“My Italian grandpa’s selfie with his dog in 70s”
