33 vintage photos that show that our parents were really really cool

It's easy to forget that our parents were young once and quite cool. These vintage photos prove them.


It's easy to forget that our parents are not out of the uterus as responsible adults with 401ks heavy, hair removal of Nostalgic wax on the days of older glory. In fact, when you stop thinking, back in their handsome days, our parents had a lot of bluster. They rode motorcycles, folded the rules and frolic on the beach while wearing the coolest clothes and shades. Really, if you have decided to take dear old mom and dad on this offer to look at theirold photosYou would find likely that your people were quite cool. Continue scrolling to get a preview of someperiod pictures From the 1940s, the 50s, 60s, and 70 that prove how fun and fashion of our parents and perhaps even-grandparents were.

1
These beauties in a bikini

1940s women on beach in bikinis
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These two Brooklyn girlsposed for a photo in their bikinis In the 1940s. It looks like these moms could have been on the cover ofVogue!

2
This "Student of the 70s

1970s AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEENAGE YOUNG MAN LISTENING TO MUSIC USING STEREO HEADPHONES
Classicstock / Alamy Stock Photo

This father could have been cooler? This strappingYoung man in the 70s It looks like he could have been the sixth member of Jackson 5.

3
This glamazon

Woman in a big sun hat and sun glasses in 1940s
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Hat! Sunglasses! The look! it is enoughdoes not become more chic than this mom was in the 1940s.

4
These fresh fairgrounds

Two male teens at carnival in 1950s
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These two dads may have been nothing goodAt the local fair in the 1950sBut they looked very well! It!

5
These GALS cities

Two teen women Pose in Front of a Wall of Graffiti in Lynch Park in Brooklyn, New York City in June 1974
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Discover these new York ladies young fees in the city their crop summitsin the 1970s at the beginning of. We bet that 20 Somethings today would beloveThese outfits!

6
This dream duo

vintage teen couple dancing outside ini 1950s
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Ah, mom and young love of dad. These two children's backyard barbecue are cool pure and pure romance!

7
This boy of drummer

1960s TEEN BOY WITH BUZZ CUT IN T-SHIRT SITTING IN FRONT OF SMALL DRUM KIT HOLDING STICKS OVER SNARE
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We would like to believe that this father practiced his battery quite hardin the 1960s To do this to the big leagues.

8
This Chatty Cathy

1960s TEEN GIRL LYING FLOOR WEAR SHORTS AND KNEE SOCKS, READING MAGAZINE & TALKING ON TELEPHONE
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Today, young people can not appreciate the hours of their parents, grandparents, and even grandparents would go on the phone, chatting, reading the latest magazines. But we would bet this mom was thecoolest girl at school in the 1960s.

9
These happy joyriders

young people waving from open convertible top of car in 1950s
Interfooto / Alamy Photo

These moms and dads are fresh quintessence "fun years 50. hair scarves? To verify! Sun glasses? To verify! driving gloves? To verify!

10
These fresh alley cats

Teenagers hanging out at bowling alley in 1970s, wearing bellbottoms
Homer Sykes / Alamy Photo

Bell funds, hirsute hair cuts, and perfectly guingois beret? Those"Teenagers from the 70s At the bowling track are simply cool oozing.

11
This golden boy

1940s black and white photo of shirtless man
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This image of the 1940s could be blurred, but cool factor of this father is as clear as the day.

12
This stilling cutie

woman on beach doing cartwheel in bikini in 1940s
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This 1940s bikini is pure perfection just like the gymnastics skills of this mother. It is cool and carefree to a t!

13
These rebels without cause

vintage photo of male teens on street in the 1950s
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Just a few years 1950 with jeans in reverse guys, shirts and ice lollipops on a hot summer day. Could-Father and his crew be a cooler?

14
These stunning sunbathing

line of women sunbathing in 1940s
Everett Collection / Shutterstock

These ladies corners and peaks Bikini are the definition of the 1940s and the fashion of the 50s. These moms sualed fresh back in the day!

15
This tonic duo

couple walking on beach cool grandparent photos
Alamy

Long before dad's favorite outfit was a suit and a tie, he and mom were just another couple of cuties wearing swimsuit and smiles in the 70s on the beach.

16
These lovers of cursed motocross

young couple on autocycle by Rex, 1950s
Interfooto / Alamy Photo

Even if mom and dad did not wear helmets, they should have had, they still look pretty cool on that 1950 motorcycle, right?

17
This lover of music

 1960s teen girl sits upside down on chair, cool grandparent
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The perfect ponytail. The ear smile in the ear. The unique stroller on the ground. We are sure that this mom was once the coolest girl in school in the 1950s.

18
This dream Danny Zuko

1950s male teen greaser smokes cigarette, cool grandparents
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This pops was the even incarnation of a bad boy. Long beforeFat, This 1950s teenager swayed an impressive Pompadour and a mysterious cut on his face.

19
These beach girls

Two 1950s female teens reach for beach ball in male teens hands on beach, cool grandparents
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Someone's father played hard to come back in the 1950s. And he looked great Suave.

20
This incredible dog whisperer

A Woman Water Skiing with her dog
Alamy

Oh, you taught your dog how to sit down and stay? Which is cool and everything, butin the 1970s, This mother learned to her literally howwater ski!

21
This suave pair

A Couple at a Party in the 1970s
Alamy

Naked feet, long eyelashes, oversized earrings, and everyone under-dimensions make this lady as cool as they come. And someone has ever looked as good as this gent drinks a coca-cola? We think no.

22
These hairy guys

1960s hippies gather in London's Trafalgar Square, cool grandparents
Alamy

Look at these teenagers trailing in the London Trafalgar Square, with nothing but a banjo, a guitar and a lot of hair.

23
This tiny dancer

1950s young dancers crowd the floor for a rock n roll dance, cool grandparents
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This mother simply could not be cooler. With his moderate haircut, his high-waist skirt and his carefree movements, it is clear that she did.

24
These Groovy children

1970s Couple at a Concert
Alamy

Here is the proof that dance in the feast of your parents was not all of Lindy hopping in poodle skirts.

25
These psychedelic riders

Hippie Van in the 1960s
Alamy

Who do you think pioneering the power of flowers? Our parents, of course!

26
These skating cherries

couple roller skating cool grandparent photos
Alamy

If you thought you perfect the Shake Harlem has been difficult, imagine trying to go on skates, as mom and dad did it!

27
These Jive Junkies

1950s young couple jive dancing, cool grandparents
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This daddio feels on the dance floor - and we do not blame it.

28
This trendy trio

1970s London model gawked at, cool grandparents
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In the 1970s, this mother was presenting the future of fashion. In a way, it even makes the helmet of the leaf is good.

29
These circuit breakers

Students on Spring Break at the Beach 1960s
Alamy

Nobody is sweat that something in this car. This group had a much cooler spring break that college children who go to Cancún these days.

30
These pastures in the grass

1960s teens relax in meadow, cool grandparents
Roman Nerud / Alamy Photo

We can not have enough of these parents with their tops, handcuffed shirts, cardigans and their attitudes too cool-for-school.

31
This mover and this shaker

men and women dancing cool grandparent photos
Alamy

Long before there was tamponage and dental floss, our parents become low.

32
These splashing responses

Vacation in the 1950s at the Beach Old Photos of Grandparents
Alamy

Today,Taylor SwiftLove Rock Bikinis high waist. But these moms did it first.

33
This duo ride-or-die

1970s couple rides motorcycle, cool grandparents
Alamy

Who needs shoes when you have epic nuances,Stripes from the 70s, an impressive bike, and your scabbing number 1?


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Tags: Nostalgia / Over 60
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