73 Historic Photos That Show People Had More Class In The Past

Regardless of when you think “the good old days” actually were, many of us harbor a special respect for the past. These photos show people that had an appreciation for style, taste and class that seems to be harder to find these days.

If you have a photo showing what class looked like in “the good old days,” we’d love to see it! Please add it to us or let us know about your favorite time period in the comments.

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#1 A Young Harrison Ford

#2 American Actor Paul Newman During A Trip On A Water Taxi In Venice (1963)

© Photo: archiviocameraphoto.com

#3 A Man In A Suit And Sunglasses Rides A Skateboard Down A Hill Path In Central Park, New York (1965)

© Photo: Bill Eppridge

#4 Louis Armstrong Plays For His Wife In Giza (1961)

© Photo: Bettmann

#5 Sunday Morning On The South Side Of Chicago (1941)

© Photo: Russel Lee

#6 Clint Eastwood Walking In Rome (1960s)

© Photo: Historical Pics

#7 Audrey Hepburn At The Roman Holiday Premiere (1953)

#8 Plunging Necklines In 1950s

© Photo: Nina Leen

#9 A Man Ice Skating (1937)

© Photo: John Albok

#10 A Young Couple Dancing Be-Bop At Vieux Colombier Theatre In Paris (1951)

© Photo: Robert Doisneau

#11 Muhammad Ali

#12 Caroline Kennedy Walks In Front Of Her Father, President Of United States, While He Carries Her Doll (1963)

© Photo: Hulton Archive

#13 Cary Grant Stops In London On His Way Home To Bristol To Visit His Mother (1946)

© Photo: Bettmann

#14 A Young Sean Connery Smoking A Cigar

#15 Sigourney Weaver Dressed As A Man, Los Angeles (1983)

© Photo: Helmut Newton

#16 A Stylish Couple In The Rain

#17 A Young Kevin Spacey (1980s)

© Photo: Andrew Brucker

#18 Clint Eastwood With Actresses Olive Stargess And Dani Crayne In San Francisco (1954)

© Photo: Pierre-Henri Verlhac

#19 A Life Guard, Brighton Beach, New York (Between 1901 And 1906)

© Photo: loc.gov

#20 Teenagers On A Date In The 1950s

#21 Elspeth Beard, First Englishwoman To Ride A Motorbike Around The World (1980s)

© Photo: motorcyclistonline.com

#22 Sophia Loren, Italian Film Actress, Who Won An Oscar, Grammy, And Golden Globe Awards

#23 Ernest Hemingway Passport Photograph (1923)

© Photo: archives.gov

#24 1950s Greasers

#25 Carmen Dell’orefice, New York (1958)

© Photo: Jerry Schatzberg:

#26 English Film Actor Michael Caine At Home With His Mother And Brother (1964)

© Photo: Harry Dempster

#27 The Queen Elizabeth II And The Duke Of Edinburgh Watching Competitors At The Badminton Horse Trials (1968)

© Photo: John Scott

#28 Frank Sinatra Steps Out Of A Helicopter (1964)

© Photo: Yul Brynner

#29 Albert Einstein Smoking A Pipe (1940)

© Photo: Lucien Aigner

#30 First Actual Photo Session Of The Beatles In Hamburg (1960)

© Photo: Astrid Kirchherr

#31 Einstein At Nassau Point, Long Island, New York (1939)

#32 French Actress Brigitte Bardot On The Set Of The Ballad Of Frenchie King (1971)

© Photo: Terry O'Neill

#33 Couple On Michigan Avenue, Chicago (1975)

© Photo: archives.gov

#34 Teenagers And Their Car

#35 Actors Dean Martin And Angie Dickinson on the set of Rio Bravo (1959)

© Photo: unknown

#36 Paul McCartney Of The Beatles And Mick Jagger Of The Rolling Stones Sit Opposite Each Other On A Train At Euston Station (1967)

© Photo: Victor Blackman

#37 Children In Ballroom Dancing Class (1945)

© Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt

#38 Skater Girl

#39 Teen Fashion In 1950s

#40 [intimacy] A Scooter

#41 A Young Boy Stealing The Show On The Dance Floor

#42 First U.S. Debutante Ball Held At Versailles Palace (1958)

© Photo: Loomis Dean

#43 David Bowie Was Arrested In A Hotel Suite After Performance In Rochester (1976)

© Photo: Rochester Police Department

#44 Couple Kissing In Times Square On Vj Day (1945)

© Photo: Ezra Stoller

#45 Chicago Train (1950s)

© Photo: Vivian Maier

#46 Elvis In The Army

#47 Audrey Hepburn And George Peppard Filming Breakfast At Tiffany’s In New York, 1960.

#48 American Actor and Director Orson Welles (1938)

© Photo: The American Magazine

#49 Frank Sinatra Arrives At Miami Beach With His Entourage (1968)

© Photo: Terry O'Neill

#50 Teenage Couple On Hudson Street, New York (1963)

© Photo: Diane Arbus

#51 Elton John At His Piano Bar Aboard His Private Jet (1974)

© Photo: Terry O'Neill

#52 Jimi Hendrix At Monterey Pop Festival (1967)

© Photo: William James Warren

#53 Couple With A Cadillac (1932)

© Photo: James van der Zee

#54 Paul Newman And Robert Redford Playing Ping Pong

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#55 Old Family Photo

#56 American Actress Faye Dunaway Takes Breakfast By The Pool With The Day’s Newspapers (1977)

© Photo: Terry O'Neill

#57 Corona Del Mar High School Students Kim Robertson, Pat Auvenshine And Pam Pepin Wear “Hippie” Fashions (1969)

© Photo: Arthur Schatz

#58 Salesman Mike Dreschler Has His Motorised Roller Skates Refuelled At A Petrol Station Near Hartford (1961)

© Photo: F. Roy Kemp

#59 American Astrophysicist And Cosmologist Neil Degrasse Tyson Was An Amateur Wrestler In High School And College

#60 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Arrives With Members Of His New Cabinet For Swearing In Ceremonies At Government House In Ottawa (1968)

© Photo: Doug Ball

#61 Men Playing Poker

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#62 The Everly Brothers

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#63 Brigitte Bardot, 1959

#64 My Father, Lawrence N. Brown, Circa 1935.

#65 Chilean Wedding (my Parents), 1974

#66 Young Couple In Florence, My Dad & Mom (1964 Ca.)

#67 Mr. Astaire Was Always Stylin’!

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#68 Mother And Daughter; Circa.1935

#69 Graduation Photo; 1940

#70 Mechanic Who Was The Inspiration For The “millennium Falcon.”

#71 Two Women Standing Out Front Of An Asylum; Circa 1915

#72 Young Woman Smoking A Cigar; Circa. 1950

#73 Soldiers; 1918

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