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We associate men's fashion of past centuries with class and neatness. When we look at those times, we're used to seeing tidy facial hair, slick pomades, fancy hats, and suits. Today's post will change the perception a little bit. Well, in terms of hair, at least. For there have always been fashion renegades, or just people with bad hair days, or just bad hair in general.

Robert E. Jackson is an avid collector of vintage photography. He has over three thousand photos in his collection. He either got them anonymously, or sought them out, but in any case, he has ownership of all of them. The vast collection has many peculiar images, some of which we show to you today.

He shares vintage photos spanning from the early days of photography to the late 20th century, where you can see the strange hairstyles of men. They're definitely not what we expect of those times in terms of men's hairstyles. The rhyme and reason for having such hairstyles eludes us, and there's not much that we can do to find out, but they definitely spark some curiosity.

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Doggo Froggo
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5 years ago

Me when I brush my curls out.

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    Felix Feline
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    5 years ago

    The guy on the right has great hair! I wore mine like that in the 90s.

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    kristy sickles
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    5 years ago

    He is just as confused as we are

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    LENNON GRAF
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    5 years ago

    Got dat worm look

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    Jonathan Klaus
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    5 years ago

    Cosmo Kramer??

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    kristy sickles
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    5 years ago

    I can't decide if this is more "Little Rascals" or "the Three Stooges"...

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    T Simmons
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    5 years ago

    I like to think that theyve just cropped the fifth guy and its just a real friendly greeting

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    Zet
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    5 years ago

    Vintage Tom Holland!

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    Donkey boi
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    5 years ago

    'I want that fountain look!'

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    Lauren Caswell
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    5 years ago

    Mugatu's early work in fashion...so hot right now back then

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    Felix Feline
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    5 years ago

    Justin Beiber wore his hair like that.

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    Julia Atkinson
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    5 years ago

    Another tragic victim of the Great Pomade Shortage of 1903

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    Daphne
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    5 years ago

    Looks good

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    Boopie Dew
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    5 years ago

    Looks like a drunk bet occurred!

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    Kaisa Koo
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    5 years ago

    That's the missing "o" from hair-letter guys!

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    Robert T
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    5 years ago

    The "There's Something About Mary". PMSL.

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    Lola
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    5 years ago

    I still see this around.

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    Boopie Dew
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    5 years ago

    Thats some thick hair. I like it!

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    Aria Whitaker
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    5 years ago

    That hair could be straight out of 2018, to be honest...

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    Annie Banannie
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    5 years ago

    Why am I laughing so hard about the saw and the cake?

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    Boopie Dew
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    5 years ago

    Idk this was ever a style. Never seen it. Obviously there's a few pics with this cut.

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    Agnes Jekyll
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    5 years ago

    His head got too close to a balloon.

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    Hisseefit
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    5 years ago

    You know his mom said "get a haircut" with his reply "well, Jesus had long hair!"

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    Agnes Jekyll
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    5 years ago

    Don't let the glasses fool you. He's going to tie your daughter to some train tracks.

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    Requiem
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    5 years ago

    Escobar

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    Allmeow-err
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    5 years ago

    I remember kids getting their hair like this...in funny shapes too. Ahh the late 80s- 90s

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