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Seriously Awesome Photos Of Epic Grandmothers We Should All Aspire To Be Like

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Elana
Seriously Awesome Photos Of Epic Grandmothers We Should All Aspire To Be Like

If you look at the grandparents you've grown up with, you see a parental figure who has lived a life you know very little about (usually, anyway.) You see their wrinkles and their age and you almost have no clue what you've missed out on!

That's where pictures come in handy, precious memories from a time lost to us in a world where gratification has become so instant. Seeing pictures from the 70's, 50's, or even early 1900's is quite the blast from the past.

Seeing your own family members in those pictures is something incredible! Especially when it turns out they were 100x cooler than you are as your current self at a similar age...

1. “Here’s my grandma being a meme innovator in Oklahoma in the 1940’s!”

1. “Here’s my grandma being a meme innovator in Oklahoma in the 1940’s!”angus704

2. “My totally ripped great-grandmother in the circus 1950’s.”

2. “My totally ripped great-grandmother in the circus 1950’s.”socraticsalvation

3. “My grandmother was a code girl during WWII. It was her best-kept secret until 2017.”

3. “My grandmother was a code girl during WWII. It was her best-kept secret until 2017.”aek2332

4. “My wonderful grandma, Lola, in the Marines, 1954”

4. “My wonderful grandma, Lola, in the Marines, 1954”palacel

5. “My grandma was the Underwood Typewriter girl (1945). She got her hands on one recently and took it for a spin.”

5. “My grandma was the Underwood Typewriter girl (1945). She got her hands on one recently and took it for a spin.”patbenetarrules

6. “My grandmother was the first woman to change the female meter maid uniform in the 1960’s.”

6. “My grandmother was the first woman to change the female meter maid uniform in the 1960’s.”ryan33397

7. “My grandma after learning to fly in 1949 or 1950 — she was around 19 years old in this photo.”

7. “My grandma after learning to fly in 1949 or 1950 — she was around 19 years old in this photo.”maddierose1418

8. “My grandmother was in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942.”

8. “My grandmother was in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942.”ottovanpelt

9. “My biker grandma sometime during the ’60s”

9. “My biker grandma sometime during the ’60s”cutthatshutter

10. “My grandmother working as one of America’s first international flight air hostesses, 1938”

10. “My grandmother working as one of America’s first international flight air hostesses, 1938”kiwaden

11. “My grandma (third from the left) and her girls’ high school basketball team, 1915”

11. “My grandma (third from the left) and her girls’ high school basketball team, 1915”imagesofnetwork

12. “My grandma driving a tractor in a parade, 1949”

12. “My grandma driving a tractor in a parade, 1949”seth1299

13. “My grandma and the tuna she caught, 1956"

13. “My grandma and the tuna she caught, 1956surfhippie

14. “My grandma with John Travolta in the ’70s”

14. “My grandma with John Travolta in the ’70s”babe_the_gallant

15. “My grandmother in her hippie days (in the ’70s)”

15. “My grandmother in her hippie days (in the ’70s)”sublime_steph

16. “My Japanese grandma back when she was a flight attendant, 1960”

16. “My Japanese grandma back when she was a flight attendant, 1960”elephantsareradical

17. “My grandma (17) interviewing Frank Sinatra for her high school newspaper, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1952”

17. “My grandma (17) interviewing Frank Sinatra for her high school newspaper, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1952”thewhiteintheyellow

18. “My grandmother and Elvis in the 1950s”

18. “My grandmother and Elvis in the 1950s”bb2124

19. “My Mexican grandma in the 1950s — she was part of the Aeromexico flying crew.”

19. “My Mexican grandma in the 1950s — she was part of the Aeromexico flying crew.”disaar

20. “My grandma in her senior year of high school, 1971”

20. “My grandma in her senior year of high school, 1971”tsugaikogarashi
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