# People in 1905 really did laugh—a timeless photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183 "2010-07-10T03:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/141 "2010-07-19T16:22:41Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I wonder how much a woman could show before the cops got involved. Or a man for that matter- could a guy go shirtless? My great grandmother got a ticket for indecent exposure in the 30s for taking off the skirt portion of her bathing suit, leaving on the leggings, top, etc. And [here is a picture of a man](http://dreamslikethat.blogspot.com/2010/05/fine-for-indecent-man.html?zx=5280c040a5701bd3) in the 30s getting a ticket for the same thing. he appears to be wearing a sports bra. Of course, that was in the Netherlands. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/142 "2010-07-19T17:32:32Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > What’s up with the scowling mustachioed dude wearing a girly sunbonnet (arms crossed, near the center of the pic)? That’s not a dude! That’s Aunt Millie! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/143 "2010-07-20T16:27:53Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Is it just me, or are the two guys towards the left of that picture, seated in the sand/water - friends of Dorothy? I thought the same thing about the guy behind the “zombie”. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/144 "2010-07-20T17:13:48Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > Great photo, thanks for posting it! > > It makes me wonder if the “wilder” folks in the middle were friends of the photographer: their apparel is different from all the other folks, looser, not as dark and staid. And, they seem to be comfortable with having their photo taken to the point of having goofy glee. Plus, the fact that the photo is directly centered around them. It’s not a snapshot: large format glass negs negate the quick approach, but has the nice feel of a snapshot. Kudos to that early photog, nice peering into backyond. I’m confused. Which photo is this? > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Is that a young Peter Falk front left? Are you all crazy? It’s Derek Jeter! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/145 "2010-07-24T10:10:23Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > > > Is that a young Peter Falk front left? > > Are you all crazy? It’s Derek Jeter! Who? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/146 "2010-07-26T04:04:52Z")
Found this today, and thought You all would enjoy it: [http://historiclols.cheezburger.com/](http://historiclols.cheezburger.com/) I don’t know why, it just seems to go with this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/147 "2010-07-26T06:51:31Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Found this today, and thought You all would enjoy it: [http://historiclols.cheezburger.com/](http://historiclols.cheezburger.com/) > > I don’t know why, it just seems to go with this thread. The bicycle picture comes just after I finished reading an article on the “Iron Riders”, an all black bicycle corps in 1897 who rode a 1900 mile trek from Montana over mountains and plains to St. Louis. _That’s_ a Chris Rock movie waiting to happen. [Pic](http://www.nrhc.org/img/nrhc/bicycle1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/148 "2010-07-27T23:05:10Z")
I think **Sigmagirl** wanted to say that the guy to the right of Peter Falk and behind the zombie is Derek Jeter. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/149 "2010-07-28T02:50:39Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/150 "2010-07-28T12:39:16Z")
[Shortstop](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2000magazine.com/websightsthree/yankeesmagazine/NEWPAGES2/pictures/derek%2520jeter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://2000magazine.com/websightsthree/yankeesmagazine/NEWPAGES2/pictures/derek%2520jeter.html&h=700&w=490&sz=41&tbnid=ObsrB1gU8qa5DM:&tbnh=268&tbnw=188&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dderek%2Bjeter&hl=en&usg=__WUMUfROQAttp8P7G3SJq9zwp6Co=&sa=X&ei=MiRQTO3TMsfpnQfe57iPBw&ved=0CCUQ9QEwBg) for the fucking Yankees. Thinks he’s God’s gift. Dated everyone from Mariah Carey to Jessica Alba to Jessica Biel. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/151 "2010-07-28T16:27:16Z")
I just came in to thank the OP for posting that pic. Seeing the joy on those peoples’ faces made my day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183/152 "2010-08-04T02:51:53Z")
Check it out… Someone at Shorpy put together a video montage of the Jersey Shore photos along with a 1901 Edison movie clip and some cool ragtime music for a soundtrack. [Neat 1900’s movie](http://www.shorpy.com/node/8636) From the site: “For maximum impact, view it in Full-Screen mode at 1080p resolution (click “Play,” select 1080p, then click the icon, or else the picture will be fuzzy and small). More videos are in the works, and maybe even a DVD or two. Enjoy!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-1905-really-did-laugh-a-timeless-photo/546183.md?page=7)