I really enjoyed these. I hope you do too. 

 

http://photosilke.blogspot.com/2013/03/historic-pictures-restored.html

 

Here is a link to the complete collection.

http://www.shorpy.com/node

Wow!

Brooklyn Bridge didn't change much, but soup cooking - used to be quite an adventure.  Oh silly me - it was soap, not soup :-)

Nice photos, thank you.

I enjoyed as well, thank you!

Is it me or were there no heavy people around back in the day? I couldn't find one in the pictures.

Is it me or were there no heavy people around back in the day? I couldn't find one in the pictures.

LMFAO  Those folks worked for a living...

read the book, "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes. he explains a lot about why that was true, but there were many fat people then. it was just the very poor, not the healthy working classes or the rich.  Today everyone is fat.

 

BTW, Shorpy is a great site, I have been visiting it for years!

Great photos and site.  When glass plates and film ruled.  

those are incredible.

 

 something i noticed...and it's gonna sound stupid........i didn't notice a single person slouching in any of those photos. also, it was rather silly for women to go in the ocean in their dresses.

those are incredible.

 

 something i noticed...and it's gonna sound stupid........i didn't notice a single person slouching in any of those photos. also, it was rather silly for women to go in the ocean in their dresses.

They were bathing..

 

Looked like the men and women wore the same shoes... 

Great photos and site.  When glass plates and film ruled.  

 

FYI - film still rules.

 

Great pics, OP - thanks. 

Great pics, thanks. 

 

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About fat people, I don't know how it was 100 years ago here, but in Europe you still don't see them (at least in local definition of "fat"). 

Before I came to the US, I knew that a fat person is someone who has 20+ pounds (not 100+ pounds) more than normal body weight. 

My first "fat impression" was when I stopped by Social Security Administration and there was a girl, about 25yo/5.2ft with good 80+pounds extra weight - wow, awkward moment - I stared at her till she angrily said something to me, but I couldn't understand what. 

What an amazing look into our past, thank you! Especially liked #34 of the Jersey Shore. I didn't see Snooki, though...

Wow beautiful shots....

Great pics, thanks. 

 

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About fat people, I don't know how it was 100 years ago here, but in Europe you still don't see them (at least in local definition of "fat"). 

Before I came to the US, I knew that a fat person is someone who has 20+ pounds (not 100+ pounds) more than normal body weight. 

My first "fat impression" was when I stopped by Social Security Administration and there was a girl, about 25yo/5.2ft with good 80+pounds extra weight - wow, awkward moment - I stared at her till she angrily said something to me, but I couldn't understand what. 

 

European cities and towns tend to be much more walkable, and more people walk. It makes a HUGE difference in how one metabolizes the modern diet. There is also a distinct difference in how baked wheat products are made which can contribute as well, although that is starting to go away very rapidly. I'd also say from the Europeans I have met that until recently they hadn't stigmatized high fat foods nearly as much as we have. Combine that with smaller portions, and it actually allows one to get full on less food and combined with the above, generates less cravings. 

Here are some more older pics. These are mainly rural scenes from the 30's and 40's, but the neat thing about them is they are in color.

 

http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

Brooklyn Bridge didn't change much

 

Really?  I'd say it did:

European cities and towns tend to be much more walkable, and more people walk. It makes a HUGE difference in how one metabolizes the modern diet. There is also a distinct difference in how baked wheat products are made which can contribute as well, although that is starting to go away very rapidly. I'd also say from the Europeans I have met that until recently they hadn't stigmatized high fat foods nearly as much as we have. Combine that with smaller portions, and it actually allows one to get full on less food and combined with the above, generates less cravings. 

 

No argument here. 

Few years ago I managed to get extra 35-40 pounds - didn't really pay attention, who cares - almost everyone around is fat. Until my girlfriend took a beach photo...

It was eye opener - somehow it's different in the mirror. Took me almost year to loose 30 pounds, I write off another 10 to the age

I really Like this one

 

August 1942. "Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles develop into responsible women. Part of Victory Corps activities there, rifle practice encourages girls to be accurate in handling firearms. Practicing on the rifle range in the school's basement."

 

Can imagine the reaction if they did that nowadays. It does not even look like its an actual range they are using, just some hallway, with my guess would be some home made portable bullet catcher.

Very nice shots...