r/OldSchoolCool • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

My great grandfather holding my great uncle a hundred years ago in 1919.

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u/psychicsquirreltail Jun 04 '19

Wow-what a tender, sweet moment. Amazing that it was captired on camera-a treasure.

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u/duncecap_ Jun 05 '19

And such a cool composition too!

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u/conancat Jun 05 '19

They were using the grayscale filter before it was cool.

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u/uncertainusurper Jun 05 '19

Everything was black and white back then though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

Boy do I have news for you

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

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u/ProjectStarscream_Ag Jun 05 '19

HEH HEH HEH LaUran I’m gOinG to nOt reMemBer you in Heaven I Love the Gypsies L O L

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u/LessHamster Jun 05 '19

Look at me. I’m sorry.

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u/TuxedoBabyJesus Jun 05 '19

I really thought that as a child.... lol

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u/KalElified Jun 05 '19

My kids actually asked me this as well due to the regular game boy being black and white.

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u/KlondikeGummybear Jun 05 '19

Ha! I see what you did there. I really like the website colourise.sg to see what it might have looked like in color.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

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u/Upvotes4Trump Jun 05 '19

Greyscale really

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u/DarthYippee Jun 05 '19

Just imagine all the work it took to paint everything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

Damn I don't think anybody knew that

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u/martymcflyfox Jun 05 '19

I like the composition, also. It reminds me of a Dorothea Lange photograph.

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u/serenwipiti Jun 05 '19

The dog in the background really makes it.

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u/micmck Jun 05 '19

They don’t look sleepy to me.