• @BloodSlut
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    7610 months ago

    gotta be one of my favorite historical photographs

    • 4grams
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      3210 months ago

      With a picture like that, dude is one of my favorite historical people :).

      • @KnightontheSun
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        1410 months ago

        This is the guy you want to back in time to have lunch with.

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          1010 months ago

          I mean, must have been some fucking good rice.

  • @MrJameGumb
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    7210 months ago

    The fact that it’s such an old picture and he’s smiling makes it look like this was taken at one of those photo shops at the mall where they have old timey costumes lol! He must have sat there smiling and holding that bowl for like 10 minutes!

    • @bluemellophone
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      1410 months ago

      Honestly, I have a hard time believing ANYBODY would have teeth that nice and straight in 1901.

    • @someguy3
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      10 months ago

      Apparently the Chinese didn’t “know” photos were serious business, thus this goofing off. So was said in previous discussion of this photo.

    • @UsernameIsTooLon
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      1510 months ago

      Smiling, especially that wide, was not a common thing to do back then. Stern looks were common because people like George Washington had their faces painted and they had to pose for a very long time. It pretty much stuck around until the cameras got faster. I also think it’s another part being foreign to Euro/American influences so there was no “gentlemen” way of posing for reference.