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87 Historic Photos That Show People Had More Class In The Past
Regardless of when you think "the good old days" actually were, many of us harbor a special respect for the past. These photos show people that had an appreciation for style, taste and class that seems to be harder to find these days.
If you have a photo showing what class looked like in "the good old days," we'd love to see it! Please add it to us or let us know about your favorite time period in the comments.
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A Young Harrison Ford
American Actor Paul Newman During A Trip On A Water Taxi In Venice (1963)
A Man In A Suit And Sunglasses Rides A Skateboard Down A Hill Path In Central Park, New York (1965)
Louis Armstrong Plays For His Wife In Giza (1961)
Sunday Morning On The South Side Of Chicago (1941)
Clint Eastwood Walking In Rome (1960s)
Audrey Hepburn At The Roman Holiday Premiere (1953)
Plunging Necklines In 1950s
A Man Ice Skating (1937)
A Young Couple Dancing Be-Bop At Vieux Colombier Theatre In Paris (1951)
Muhammad Ali
Caroline Kennedy Walks In Front Of Her Father, President Of United States, While He Carries Her Doll (1963)
Cary Grant Stops In London On His Way Home To Bristol To Visit His Mother (1946)
A Young Sean Connery Smoking A Cigar
Sigourney Weaver Dressed As A Man, Los Angeles (1983)
Actress Brigitte Bardot Watching Pablo Picasso At Work In His Studio In Vallauris (1956)
A Stylish Couple In The Rain
Pattie Boyd poses in a Mary Quant fashion shoot with actor Tom Courtenay (Dr. Zhivago, Billy Liar e.g.) Distributor : Puritan Fashions (US). Published in the March 1966 issue of Seventeen Magazine under ‘Our Girl In London’. Photographer: John Cowan
A Young Kevin Spacey (1980s)
Clint Eastwood With Actresses Olive Stargess And Dani Crayne In San Francisco (1954)
A Life Guard, Brighton Beach, New York (Between 1901 And 1906)
Teenagers On A Date In The 1950s
Elspeth Beard, First Englishwoman To Ride A Motorbike Around The World (1980s)
Sophia Loren, Italian Film Actress, Who Won An Oscar, Grammy, And Golden Globe Awards
Ernest Hemingway Passport Photograph (1923)
1950s Greasers
Carmen Dell’orefice, New York (1958)
English Film Actor Michael Caine At Home With His Mother And Brother (1964)
The Queen Elizabeth II And The Duke Of Edinburgh Watching Competitors At The Badminton Horse Trials (1968)
Frank Sinatra Steps Out Of A Helicopter (1964)
He's the only person I've ever seen exit a helicopter who didn't duck as if they were going to be decapitated.
Albert Einstein Smoking A Pipe (1940)
British Actress Diana Rigg, Also Known As Olenna Tyrell From Game Of Thrones (1967)
First Actual Photo Session Of The Beatles In Hamburg (1960)
5 instead of 4, suppose Pete Best in on the left, but who is on the right?
Einstein At Nassau Point, Long Island, New York (1939)
Portrait Session With Marilyn Monroe (1957)
Couple On Michigan Avenue, Chicago (1975)
Teenagers And Their Car
Alice Denham And Her Royal Hh Typewriter In (1957)
Looks like a cross between what Marylyn Monroe should look like and Maria Calas. What a beauty!
Actors Dean Martin And Angie Dickinson on the set of Rio Bravo (1959)
Paul McCartney Of The Beatles And Mick Jagger Of The Rolling Stones Sit Opposite Each Other On A Train At Euston Station (1967)
Children In Ballroom Dancing Class (1945)
Skater Girl
Or instead of "skater girl", refer to this photo by the girl's name: Ellen O Neal. Being (one of) greatest female skateboarders in the 70's she deserves a bit more cred than just anonymous "skater girl", don't you think?
Teen Fashion In 1950s
Singer David Bowie Sharing A Cigarette With Actress Elizabeth Taylor In Beverly Hills (1975)
First U.S. Debutante Ball Held At Versailles Palace (1958)
Debutante's were young women who were presented to the Queen, so how can America have debutantes?
David Bowie Was Arrested In A Hotel Suite After Performance In Rochester (1976)
Audrey Hepburn And George Peppard Filming Breakfast At Tiffany’s In New York, 1960.
Frank Sinatra Arrives At Miami Beach With His Entourage (1968)
Teenage Couple On Hudson Street, New York (1963)
Elton John At His Piano Bar Aboard His Private Jet (1974)
Jimi Hendrix At Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
Couple With A Cadillac (1932)
Paul Newman And Robert Redford Playing Ping Pong
Enjoyed the classic photos. I grew up in S. California when people dressed this way, stunning photos.
Old Family Photo
American Actress Faye Dunaway Takes Breakfast By The Pool With The Day's Newspapers (1977)
Corona Del Mar High School Students Kim Robertson, Pat Auvenshine And Pam Pepin Wear "Hippie" Fashions (1969)
Salesman Mike Dreschler Has His Motorised Roller Skates Refuelled At A Petrol Station Near Hartford (1961)
American Astrophysicist And Cosmologist Neil Degrasse Tyson Was An Amateur Wrestler In High School And College
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Arrives With Members Of His New Cabinet For Swearing In Ceremonies At Government House In Ottawa (1968)
Men Playing Poker
Is the guy at the door keeping a lookout so they don't get caught gambling? lol Also....those are some ugly hats.
Mechanic Who Was The Inspiration For The "millennium Falcon."
Young Woman Smoking A Cigar; Circa. 1950
More class than now? Still a lot of men wear suits and a lot of women display their shoulders... I don't... Get it. These do look beautiful, though, but it's too much to say it's a style which is "hard to find today"...
Men hardly wear suits now, just for the office (sometimes) and wedding and funerals. Most women show their shoulders, legs, bellies and boobs (not classy just trashy).
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More class than now? Still a lot of men wear suits and a lot of women display their shoulders... I don't... Get it. These do look beautiful, though, but it's too much to say it's a style which is "hard to find today"...
Men hardly wear suits now, just for the office (sometimes) and wedding and funerals. Most women show their shoulders, legs, bellies and boobs (not classy just trashy).
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