Why do people in old photos (early to mid last century) appear so much older then they were at the time?

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I always wondered, why in many of those pics, men and women look already middle aged, when they were in there early 20s or so. Clearly these few decades can’t be enough to make such radical morphological shifts

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This is mostly due to the perceptions of the observer.

You, as the viewer of the photo, already have preconceived notions of what people should look like based on hairstyles and clothing.

Check out live concerts from the same time period, you may find that video will give a better impression of age.

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