We posted this today. After I did, something occurred to me.
Thursday, July 19, 1945. Bretton Woods raitified.
Able Seaman Chadwick trimming the beard of Engine Room Artificer Jones, aboard HMAS Hobart.
Anybody notice anything interesting regarding these (Australian) sailors that we'd be unlikely to see in photographs of young men, at least American young men, today?
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Well, I'll take a stab at it. (FWIW I'm the guy who commented back in February about the appearance of women changing over the years).
These guys don't seem as muscular as young men do now. My guess is that both of these sailors are in their 20s. Probably sailors today would, on average, look a little leaner, bigger, and more muscular.
Thanks! That is in fact a really good observation, but that's not the one that really struck me.
Which reminds me I haven't followed up on that thread on the topic of whether men's appearances have changed.
It was the lack of tattoos, although the other observations were good. Of course, my frame of reference is the US, not Australia. Perhaps Australia isn't as tattoo mad as the US is. In the US, right now, it would be impossible to find two men of this age, shirtless, without tattoos.
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