Dear smartass repliers your suggestions well be considered
other than that who fukin gives a shit ,2 world wars millions and millions got killed that's very nasty to me and oh i forgot the 80's
These kids actually understood work ethic. I doubt any of the children in these pictures ever graduated some overpriced university and felt that they were immediately entitled to a 6 figure job and a window office in one of the local skyscrapers.
yea they definitely learned the value of hard work earlier than our generations. but to be fair, even for those who DID graduate from good universities a 6-figure job was……borderline impossible. if you could make it into the high teens you were doing something. $20k?..hello money bags! but seriously these kids valued the pennies we pass everyday. i respect them, but i'm glad i wasn't born then.
yeah, tuberculosis, small pox, cholera, being sold into servitude, being beaten by your master, 16 hour days, working down the coal mines from the age of four, being lucky to make it through childhood at all… totally worth your admiration.
/sarcasm
#14 The kid on the left seems to have a sword of Damoclès over his head. This one gonna die in Normandie.
#19 Look how terrified the man looks when he has to pass in front of those smoking pipes gangsta wearing shorts ! Gangsta were not douchbags back in the days.
#20 is a kid who works in a textile factory. These children were orphans who were adopted by the factory owners and forced to work. Those childen would have to crawl under the moving equipment to collect scraps which were nothing more than giant dust bunnies. The childrens hair would often get caught completely scalping the child. Few of these children made it to adulthood let alone in one piece.
It doesn’t look like fun to me. It looks like child labour, underfed children, Inadequately clothed and questionable hygiene. Life was hard and much demanded of children. Most were expected to be working by their teens.
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Ah… the friendships, the smell of the pipe smoke and the satisfaction of a days pay for a days work, truely they happier carefree times..
feckin piky's
poor bastards..
bet they're all dead too
20th century winner of the worst century of all time
Actually, all previous centuries were worse.
Not the 7th….dont forget that one!
compared to the 19th century thats a cake walk!
Dear smartass repliers your suggestions well be considered
other than that who fukin gives a shit ,2 world wars millions and millions got killed that's very nasty to me and oh i forgot the 80's
The 80's killed a lot more, mentally.
Wait … I am born in the 80's ! Holy shit !
I suppose the Dark Ages were awesome….nope, that's why they called 'em the Dark Ages because they sucked way harder than any other age.
Now I ask you, what did the Victorians ever do for us?
looks more dirty than fun!
Looks like those kids have jobs, Lucky Bastards! Times were much better back then.
Even in black and white you can spot the gingers
Ha! Soulless gingers.
#24 ive always wanted a shave like that.
These kids actually understood work ethic. I doubt any of the children in these pictures ever graduated some overpriced university and felt that they were immediately entitled to a 6 figure job and a window office in one of the local skyscrapers.
yea they definitely learned the value of hard work earlier than our generations. but to be fair, even for those who DID graduate from good universities a 6-figure job was……borderline impossible. if you could make it into the high teens you were doing something. $20k?..hello money bags! but seriously these kids valued the pennies we pass everyday. i respect them, but i'm glad i wasn't born then.
yeah, tuberculosis, small pox, cholera, being sold into servitude, being beaten by your master, 16 hour days, working down the coal mines from the age of four, being lucky to make it through childhood at all… totally worth your admiration.
/sarcasm
Kids back then are more fun without Facebook, Text and WOW
The kids in 3, 16 & 20 were mill scavengers. Look it up, sounds like a blast.
"You guys wanna play stickball?"
"Soitenly!"
scalping sound like a great present for your 8th birthday
i love that all these kids have pipes and cigs in their mouth shooting some craps….ahhh to be a kid again!
Yea I Remember those time we had propper Illnesses like ricketts, smallpox, tuberculosis and measles! Great fun . . . NOT!!
Life today is so flippin' soft.
#14 The kid on the left seems to have a sword of Damoclès over his head. This one gonna die in Normandie.
#19 Look how terrified the man looks when he has to pass in front of those smoking pipes gangsta wearing shorts ! Gangsta were not douchbags back in the days.
#20 is a kid who works in a textile factory. These children were orphans who were adopted by the factory owners and forced to work. Those childen would have to crawl under the moving equipment to collect scraps which were nothing more than giant dust bunnies. The childrens hair would often get caught completely scalping the child. Few of these children made it to adulthood let alone in one piece.
lazy bastards…
It doesn’t look like fun to me. It looks like child labour, underfed children, Inadequately clothed and questionable hygiene. Life was hard and much demanded of children. Most were expected to be working by their teens.
Holy shitty existence Batman!!
Nothing like chimney sweep cancer, burns and accidental amputation!