![]() From gentlemen cross-dressing as fair ladies of the times, to probably the first awkward family photos in history, the few Victorians, who managed to have some fun, are all here. But as you can see from the vintage photography exemplars below, some still found something to smile about. Poor dental hygiene made people reluctant to show their teeth (or whatever teeth they had left), and let's not forget that many Victorians simply had it too rough a life to take funny pictures. Ever tried smiling for several hours? It hurts) and the high cost of portraits gave people very little to smile about. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. Long exposure times made smiling difficult (and by long we mean several hours. Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. There are many theories as to why Victorians always look so dour in pictures. But as these rare vintage photos prove, that wasn't always the case. ![]() Everybody looks so severe that it seems as if people in the 1800s just didn't have the time, or strength to have fun. With life this pleasant, it's no wonder that nobody was smiling in the creepy pictures taken in the Victorian era. ![]()
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