Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)

Everyone has ancestors from more than 40 generations. Well, that means a collection of stories and achievements by a trillion people. They were unbelievably impressive and made us admire them. 

I sure can prove my words. 17 photos from the past will aid me in doing it. You can enjoy the amazing photos alongside me. 

#1 “My great-grandmother graduated in 1900 with a degree in physics.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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So amazing! Just 15 years before Einstein’s general relativity theory she could graduate. 

#2 “My grandparents in the ’70s, the first Hispanic firefighter and policewoman in Fort Worth, TX.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#3 “My grandmother in the local newspaper (1983)”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#4 “My grandpa Ron was a signalman in WWII for the Australian Navy in 1943 at age 18. He is now 96 and participated in his local Anzac Parade in NSW last month.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#5 “Around 1925. Here’s my dad and grandmother looking like a scene from an old movie.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#6 “I doubt I will ever be as cool as my uncle in 1990.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#7 “My Dad and 2 of his brothers before a race. Taken in People’s Park, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland in the ’80s.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#8 “My wife’s grandmother performed with the Ziegfeld Follies in 1928-1929.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#9 “My grandma, Gaza, 1960s. She was a well-known radio host and used to receive marriage proposals in the mail.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#10 “My great grandfather on board his Canadian Navy ship in the North Atlantic during WW2.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#11 “My mom in 1992, age 26, backpacking through the Swiss alps. Probably singing, ’The hills are alive with the sound of music…’”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#12 “My aunt as the lead singer of her band in the ’90s”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#13 “My grandfather in the early 1950s after surviving Auschwitz, getting married to a Red Cross nurse, emigrating to the US, and having his first of four children.”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#14 “My mom on vacation in Amsterdam after she broke off her engagement in 1971”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#15 “My Pops finally beating Super Mario Bros. on Christmas night, 1988”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#16 “1950s — My grandma loved to sing. You can spot my grandpa fawning over her!”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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#17 “I found this old DIA of my dad drifting down the Yukon River on a self-built raft in 1982. Now I am jealous…”

Previous Generations are Drop-Dead Cool (17 Retro Photos)
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Do you have any retro photos of your family members? If so, what’s your favorite photo from back in time?