Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

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People have always seen in the younger generation something different, fundamentally different from the generations of their ancestors. And what if you look at what teenagers, young people and girls were like a hundred years ago? It is difficult to judge their inner world and differences, but you can compare how the younger generation looked in different countries. And the result of this study is impressive.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago
Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Algeria. Such images could often be found on postcards.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Germany. From left — Gertrude and Ursula Falke, daughters of the German writer Gustav Falke.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Nepal and China.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

England. On the left is a schoolgirl from Kensington. On the right — a group of children go fishing on Snake Lake in London's Hyde Park.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Scotland and Ireland. The photo on the right is one of the first color photographs in Ireland, taken around 1913. It shows a 14-year-old girl in a national costume.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Romania and Albania. In the photo on the right — two Albanian girls about 13-14 years old. The girl on the left would later become known to the world as Mother Teresa.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Japan. On the left-maiko girls (geisha students) relax on the balcony. On the right are students from Fukuoka School, the first place to introduce a navy-style school uniform.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Argentina and Mexico. The serious girl on the right is 13-year-old Frida Kahlo.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Spain. From left, Maria Christina and Beatrice. On the right is 16-year-old Federico Garcia Lorca, a Spanish poet.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Poland and Estonia. Estonian girls depict a scene from the film, trying to look like adults.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Greece and Cyprus. On the left is a young Greek partisan, Konstantinos Murikis. On the right is the class of the Maria Christodoulou school.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Hungary.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Austria and Luxembourg. On the left — Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, one of the four children of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. On the right is Princess Antonia of Luxembourg.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

India.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Australia and New Zealand.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

USA. On the left is 16-year-old Walt Disney. On the right is a Kiowa girl.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Belgium. Brother and sister-Prince Leopold and Princess Louise of Belgium.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Netherlands.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Sweden and Finland. The girl on the left is Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Russia.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

France. On the right is young Rene Lacoste, the future tennis player and founder of the Lacoste brand.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Philippines.

Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked like 100 years ago

Italy.

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