Our beautiful ancestors

Looking at portraits from the distant past, we tend to believe that our ancestors were hardly beautiful, which is why the black-and-white tones of old photographs, the abundance of retouching and completely lost relevance of fashion items that once gave its wearer a special chic-lips with a bow of fashionistas of the 20s, funny bowler hats or awkward top hats of dandy of the late 19th and early 20th century, crazy wigs and even more crazy frills of the Middle Ages… Meanwhile, the photos from this issue quite convincingly show that human beauty, of course, has always existed. Judge for yourself…

Harry Byrne (1895 -1977) – politician and "perfect darling".

He was in favor of giving women the right to vote. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, crowds of women rushed to him as soon as he appeared in public with thanks and requests to reveal the secret of the perfect complexion.

Soviet sniper Roza Georgievna Shanina. This cute girl has more than 100 destroyed enemies on her account.

Handsome Louis Ling (1864-1887) was convicted of participating in the terrorist attack in Chicago. Committed suicide in prison. It is necessary to dispose of such external data so incompetently.

Marie Doro is a silent film star. An extremely elegant lady.

Weslaw Hrzanowski is a Polish politician, lawyer, and anti-fascist.

Benjamin Runkle-Soldier and Student

Maud Adams, actress. Clearly trying to put on a mysterious look a la Kristen Stewart.

Giovanni Batista Moroni is an artist and heartthrob.

Empress Xiao-can't look away.

Johannes Brahms is a German composer and pianist, one of the main representatives of the Romantic period.