From gentlemen cross-dressing as fair ladies of the times, to probably the first awkward family photos in history, the few Victorians, who managed to have some fun, are all here. Such as ladies getting stuck in doorways because of their extra big dress skirts and constantly fainting as a result. The era of Queen Victorias reign, though, had some pretty bizarre happenings too. But as you can see from the vintage photography exemplars below, some still found something to smile about. The Victorian era gave us many great inventions that we still use today - bicycles, Morse code, ice cream as we know it, and even the telephone. Poor dental hygiene made people reluctant to show their teeth (or whatever teeth they had left), and let's not forget that many Victorians simply had it too rough a life to take funny pictures. Ever tried smiling for several hours? It hurts) and the high cost of portraits gave people very little to smile about. Somehow, a bee had gotten onto Kobe's burger and it stung his tongue while he was eating His tongue swelled up to massive proportions, so he took to social media to find a remedy that worked. Long exposure times made smiling difficult (and by long we mean several hours. Kobe Freeman was enjoying a hamburger when he felt a sharp pain in his mouth. There are many theories as to why Victorians always look so dour in pictures. But as these rare vintage photos prove, that wasn't always the case. Everybody looks so severe that it seems as if people in the 1800s just didn't have the time, or strength to have fun. With life this pleasant, it's no wonder that nobody was smiling in the creepy pictures taken in the Victorian era.
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