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too cool for school...
Children in King’s Cross Street have a “peanut race’” – pushing peanuts along the pavement with their noses as quickly as they can.
This is ten year old Martin Witter .
He formed, what he claimed to be, the only “snail stable” in the country.
Speedy, in the harness, and Butch in the chariot, established a new track record of 3 feet in 5 minutes in 1954.
Some boys were men.
New York laborers 1930
... check out this babe dude !
... somewhere in Paris 1930
1930, New York. Children scouring for change through a street drain during the Depression.
The gang collecting money for a drink of Coke.
Brooklyn 1940
Checkin out the latest edition of fav comic
Street fights !
Not all were poor and played silly street games.
Some had rich parents.
A boy with a camera in those days ( 1950s ), almost as big as him !
Like father. Like son . 1930s
A quick bite.
A happy girl with her pet penguin
pew pew pew
A kid with an Indian headdress emerges from a coal hole,, 1954
A father and his two sons San Diego Zoo 1960
2 friends having a friends moment Barcelona 1920
Play fights !
Everything and everyone was a toy.
New york 1920
Checkin out the new flick in cinema.
A quick bro walk to the corner milk store
Michigan 1940
' ... i need to go. my people need me dad. '
A little street dance with your crush
Dont you dare eat maa chicken. he maa boy.
1920
The graffiti artists
London 1920
Helping dad.
1930
Lets take a walk buddy.
Glasgow 1930
2 bottles of the finest whisky for papa.
Just some fun in rain. New york 1920
Hanging out in da hood. Harlem 1920
The rusty old catapult !
...ohhh, check this out guys !
New york 1940
Parkour even when they dint know this is parkour !
paper boats down the street rain water.
Paris 1950
Jimmy go fetch some fresh bread from the bakery down the street !
The tires !
Buddies !
... You're grounded.
Paris 1920
ps - FP Edit
I compiled this post in the mornin from my archive just like that, and i come back to see this on the FP.
Thanks i guess.
Frankly, i dint expect this post to be liked so much !
Good chaps you all are :)
Remember guys, innocence and childhood are gifts.
Childhood is lost, but not the child in you.
Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional !
Stay happy :)
endfreq
How bored was that snail stable kid? Got-dam
koinuchan
Makes me glad we have the internet now.
sanbiki
sanbiki
Michigan, are you sure ? the girl is holding "L'Humanité" a french communist newspaper
jacksonville22
McCarthy was right!
StonerCommando
Suddenly I really appreciate a childhood of computer games and reading.
braaaiiiiinnnnsss
"Kids working and getting black lung and no participation trophy in sight? We need to go back to that!" - Republicans
TonyBalogna
Did anyone else cringe on the comment with the kid and the rooster?
ravesedd
I see dead people ????
Styxwash
odds are alot of them are just old people now
VetNurse05
Ahh the good old days of no government regulation.
idownvoteplottwist
All it takes is some more children dying before they start regulating again.
Uzernaime
So funny to look at these things and decipher which ones would get you turned in to CPS nowadays.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
If I counted right... #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #15 #16 #17 #19 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #30 #32
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
24, 26, 32 I must have counted wrong. I'm not gonna go back through though.
OneDoggoEqualsOneLikeEqualsOnePrayer
As an old fag, I can assure you that poor New York City kids did all of this up until the mid 80's- street fun died with the NES
shhep
Not whisky. Those are bottles of wine and this is Henri Cartier Bresson photo, you walnut. One of the top 100 most known photos in history.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
Do you have a list of 100 most known photos in history? That would make a great post.
BoopedYourSnoot
Shouldn't you already know about them if they're so well known?
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
I didn't know about the Whisky wine one... so maybe I'm just not up on my famous photographs.
BoopedYourSnoot
I was just being a smartass. I'd also be interested in seeing an article like that. :)
abcdaria
Why the sudden switch to broken english for the only two photos with black kids in them? :(
partysloth
I noticed that too.
Lolzorski
Lets all take a moment to think how uptight about these things we have become.
abcdaria
I mean, 30 images and those are the only 2 captions? Not about being uptight, it's that as a black person shit like this feels uncomfortable
Sallvo623
Im white & a non-sjw. It's easy to see the use of stereotypical language on only the pictures of black children. It comes off prejudicial
abcdaria
Yes!! Not even a situation of me trying to pick a fight or being hyper-sensitive, it is just really REALLY blatant and out of place
MsDirection
Also, Harlem was not "the hood" in the thirties!
Ekajra
The first picture with a black kid is a Superman reference.
Bellaguppy
Knew I wasn't the only one
Ikingg
Now: letting kid out in front yard alone, neighbor call social services.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
As a parent, I hate that I can't let my kid play outside with other kids for fear of this happening.
upsidedownyhead
That definitely isn't 1920 Barcelona. That car in the background is clearly 1950s or 60s
FedericoAstica
Does OP know that there were no Facebook even in 2003?
ChucklePuss
But before that, it was blamed on TV and video games, before that it was probably "that darned Rock and Roll," and before that, maybe books?
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
Jazz
FedericoAstica
The first printed Bible was considered a blasphemy.
ChucklePuss
I know this is off topic, but my favorite part of religion is how it always brings people together, haha!
imAUser
I guess the 50's-90'skids had the sweet spot of no tablets and no diseases
Jadax
THOSE days? Dude, in my day there was no fb, and we had dial-up internet, so we mostly played css, starcraft 1, pogs - or laser tag.
mostadequatebboy
Effectively the opposite of an indigo child
Orpheus
#11 All I see is a wicked lightsaber hilt.
syph0r
And I thought I was the only one
Chizcakebanananuts
@op are you sure of the source for 21? He's holding "L'humanité" the official newspaper of the French communist party. Prob not in Michigan
ridingfunny
i agree,but wtf. michigan or no michigan, doesnt change what kids gotta do in those days :P
Dasboot12
You gotta pay the trolls toll to get inside the boys coal hole, you gotta pay the trolls toll to get inside the hole.
TheDuke0fHazzard
It's coal SOUL, not hole
Astrius
Back when everyone wasn't scared of each other kids used to be out playing everywhere.
GauchoGordo
Notice? Not a fat kid in the bunch.
SirBrendan
This was before we realised cannibalism could induce listeria poisoning, so we all had to stay gamey
SomeRandomNobhead
SomeRandomNobhead
koinuchan
They killed them all.
SkypeOfCthulhu
Back in that day and age, being fat was for rich people, not ordinary people.
haboub1
Now being fat is for both since poor people have little access to quality food and rich people have too much food
mrmessma
Poor back then also didn't have access to quality food. Just had access to less of it.
mrmessma
Less low* quality food that is.
Opportunist
Less any* quality food.
Airwolfen
Maybe they would have been if their parents had any mony to spend on them.
fivecharacters
Between child labour and lack of any creative or intellectual stimulus causing them to run around everywhere, yeah. Not exactly strange.
fivecharacters
I wish parents these days helped their kids with better diets and more activity.
tankdog420
Because there wasn't a fuckin mcdonalds every 3 miles.
chinablue
Was scrolling down to see how long it would take for someone to blame mcdonalds.
tankdog420
It's tough not to. Sometimes ya gotta nip it in the bud and work from there.
ChucklePuss
McDonald's isn't the only problem contributing to the rise of obesity. Lack of proper nutritional education, and the how much easier and >
ChucklePuss
> mostly cheaper it is to cook the unhealthy choices. As well as calorically dense school lunches and how cheap ALL fast food is. There's >
chinablue
Sorry but veggies at wal mart are cheap, lazyness on the part of parents wanting convience is why mcdonalds is used on kids.
ChucklePuss
> a reason obesity is mostly found in the lower and lower-middle classes.
ThePenguinCrusader
I've talked to my parents about this who were born in the 50s and I've spoken with my grandparents too who were born in the 30s and they 1/2
Therealpaulwatson
Go on
seentoomuchdeath
...are sad they made you?
PMMeSamusAranSmut
think ur a faget 2/2
seentoomuchdeath
...are sad they made you?
IronStark78
well... we're waiting!!
up2this
I also notice no shoes and ripped or dirty clothes.
Ilikeyogurt
There are a few ripped shirts in there and dirty clothes.
Ilikeyogurt
#4, #6, #17, #19-black kid ripped shirt, #21- older bro dirty shirt, #29-ripped swim suit at right and the last one but he was prob fighting
mollyisthenameofmybicycle
#4 ?
up2this
I thought I saw no shoes. My mistake. Still poor AF for the most part.
GapingAnalCavity
Seeing images like this really drive home how terrible millennials have it compared to previous generations.
bannedagain80
if you are referring to them being poor, most poor people now are fat.
BlastFX
Most poor people now also have shoes and decent clothes. Being poor now > being poor a hundred years ago.
up2this
Depression era vs Fast Food Nation Era. You're comparing apples to oranges to explain obesity.
bannedagain80
where am I trying to explain obesity?. do not let education get in the way of learning...
eh91
Bob Dylan once wrote "the times the are a changing" - Ron Burgundy had never heard that song
AEM5700
LordBlackbeardIII
I want to go back!
AEM5700
Seriously, great post. Thank you.
ridingfunny
:)
Stuey1221
I love this gif.
LadyWidebottom
I hear they also found polio quite catching.
ifteguy2
This joke is like food: not everyone gets it.
SledgeHammerGuy
That statement can apply to today.
iwannaseeyounaked
^This guy
ivm4
Awesome posting! However, the picture of the brother & sister carrying milk is misidentified as being set in Michigan. 1/3
Caravelas
Yes, it's a Robert Doisneau picture. The one with the bottles is from Henri Cartier Bresson.
ivm4
2/3 The little girl is holding a copy of "L'Humanité", a French (communist) newspaper – not available in the US back then.
ivm4
3/3 The picture of the boy proudly carrying bottles was also taken in France – and those are bottles of wine, not whisky.
MrPeebles
That's swell!
Poopyknockerbottoms
Aw gee whiz!
Kezo2K11
And how, you said it pal!
LocoKoala
#7 I never knew there was a street car system in NYC until today, and I live there
OSCgal
A lot of US cities had street cars back in the day. I live in Omaha, and you can see the old rails in some of the streets.
OneDoggoEqualsOneLikeEqualsOnePrayer
If you still live here those original street cars are fenced in on the shore in red hook- the tracks are still there as well
LocoKoala
I do! I'll have to look for that next time I'm down there
MikeTheCabbie
Nostalgia is a heavy drug.
sendnudesdudes
I think things are better now that less kids smoking, laboring and struggling for food
PhiIIipJFry
No but it's not because of social media
sendnudesdudes
I think it is, people didn't know smoking was bad and they had no go raft outside their inner circle -we have a lot more access to info
PhiIIipJFry
I was trying to employ sarcasm I guess I failed
falloutboy33
Not to mention less institutionalized racism, sexism, etc.
10fakeinternetpointstogryffindor
*fewer*
falloutboy33
Uh no. Racism and sexism lacks a plural form so less is correct.
10fakeinternetpointstogryffindor
It was a (failed) reference to the comment above the one I replied to.
Ijustsawmyreflectionblink
*fewer*
sendnudesdudes
*fuhrer* ...actually thank you for the grammar point
spicepoet
SodaCracker
Shhh...don't call him that in public.
fdinthea
BojidarMartinov
You truly do not know anything. Less kids smoking? Less kids struggling for food? Pop that bubble and see the rest of the world.
ridingfunny
I roger that, but the thing that always has me go cringy, is the kids these days loosing 'that' innocence at such a young age n so soon !
Zephaniel
I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean sex, it's pretty naive to think younger teens haven't always been having sex.
imAUser
In 1st world countries at least
Tornadotaco
Eh, apparently we're going to make America great again so we'll see
Myd20RollsAlwaysComeUpMilhouse
For now... :(
TheHappyHermit
Was gonna say; some politicians wouldn't mind going back to #4
sendnudesdudes
You're right...also I said "less". So I'm right and you are too -double right, the best kind...feel bad for those poor kids though...
Shmaaw
Actually, you're still wrong. It's fewer.
USAMexicoWall
nihilistdad
sendnudesdudes
I wish I could give you more points
samsonguy920
Smoking aside, it can be argued that things are actually worse as we have more kids going into the world with less street smart and know-how
sendnudesdudes
Yeah but we're more literate, socially aware and broader minded overall. Nostalgia leaves out the bad parts
samsonguy920
in order to really get by in the world when they had to learn to be self-reliant, independent, and able to work hard.
samsonguy920
But that's just my thought. It doesn't cover every instance, and plenty of folks these days are doing well and smart to boot.
DinosaurInaFez
I think the vast majority still are. It's just the less adept minority now has a platform where they can be heard, and boy, are they loud.
Laynal
less kids smoking? today kids start smoking at 12-13, most of the times in secret to not get smacked by the parents.
ArcaneM37
Do you not see the 8-10 year olds smoking in these pictures?
HorsesAreLikeWalkingCouchesWithAnxiety
Dunno why you got downvoted, I know of at least five kids that got caught smoking in a middle school near me.
10tacles
Because smoking was something common back them. There were ads featuring kids drinking and smoking.
bfrank215
Your statement flys in the face of all statistics, downvote for you.
bfrank215
At least in america
Laynal
i'm talking about Italy. Out of all the people younger than 25 that i know, (~40) 5 don't smoke, and ~16 started before 15
Laynal
ofc, things change from place to place, but that's my experience. alos, out of those only 8 had parents know before 18. all the others hid.