These 35 cringey photographs from the past capture awkward moments and styles that wouldn’t be accepted today.
Lola, A Romantic Comedy From 1970
The Sunpod Was Used So You Could Go To The Beach And Not Get Bothered When You Tan, 1982
A Cartoon About A Hypothetical “Pocket Telephone,” From 1919
Whiskey Vending Machine, 1960
The Ingredients On “One Night Cough Syrup”
Ella Fitzgerald Arrested After Singing To An Integrated Audience In 1955
Menswear From The Jc Penney Catalog, 1970
Defense Shoes To Protect Young Girl From Street Romeos
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Was Arrested For Protesting In 1961
Who Remembers People Smoking In The Malls Back In The 1980’s ?!
The 1903 Mugshot Of Bertha Liebbeke, A Woman Who Would Approach Wealthy Men In Crowds And Pretend To Faint In Their Arms — Then Would Relieve Them Of All The Valuables In Their Pockets
Never Forgot This Proactive Ad From When I Was A Kid
Paparazzi Take Pictures Of Bill Clinton’s Cat Named Socks, 1992
Sugar Information, Inc., 1964
The Protection Ball
Futuristic Baby Stroller, West Germany, 1950s
A Dangerous Playground From The 70s
Can You Even Imagine? Northwest Airlines Organist, 1959
Mister Merry’s Play Lighter
The Sausage Queen, 1955
Hard To Top This One…
Household Hint From An Old Magazine
A Union Officer Being Silly 1860-65
For Smokers-In-Bed
AIDS, The Homosexual Disease Threatening American Families. 1983
A Sign In A Hotel Room Warns The Occupant That Snoring Is Forbidden, 1926
The Shirt Suit Supreme, 1972
Creepy Love’s Baby Soft Advertisement From 1975
Hefty Girls Wanted For Police Force (Must Be Fairly Good Looking). London Metropolitan Police, 1930s
My Grandfather’s Signature Pose In Photos, Took His Resemblance To A Certain Dictator A Little Too Seriously
Now That’s Just Mean. Old Lead Industry Advertisement
The Michelin Band Performs At The Opening Of The Michelin Hour Radio Program, 1928
Pull My Hair And See
Prank My Great Grandpa’s Friends Played On Him In The 70’s
This Was A Size 20 In 1965. Look At This Plus-Sized Heifer!
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