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thebarberbenj t1_ja22c61 wrote

Looks WAY earlier than that by 40 years. 1880…unless it’s a costume. He IS fancy after all

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Whitecamry t1_ja31l3w wrote

He may have been an actor, circa 1900-1920. Snap-photography hit the market in 1900, which made it easy for him to assume a facial expression.

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Ghosts_do_Exist t1_ja3w51t wrote

This is indeed an actor (stage actor), William J. Florence, but he died in 1891.

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thebarberbenj t1_ja3y2v5 wrote

It looks like he may have been a man of small stature judging by his fingers. Probably a successful actor from the looks of him🧐🤩

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great_auks t1_ja21x2b wrote

this is actually a highly magnified portrait of a leprechaun

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autocorrectfool t1_ja24awi wrote

He had an excellent pharmacist or drug dealer or maybe he was both and knew his shit was the toppest quality.

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Ponchyan t1_ja2fqib wrote

Looks like 1880s. 1890s at the latest.

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croninsiglos t1_ja22kwa wrote

I feel like he wants me to follow the yellow brick road.

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UnluckyWithFruit t1_ja2gerq wrote

He's smiling because he knows what the 11 herbs and spices are.

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Guinnessron t1_ja2uxk3 wrote

He represents the Lollipop Guild.

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SmokeyBare t1_ja237ah wrote

Laudanum is the best.

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ghostttoast t1_ja2hlco wrote

This is me when I’m at a work meeting but I’m also super zooted because I smoked a joint in my car beforehand

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Just_Boot2601 t1_ja2rjwa wrote

“Sir, how high are you?”

“Im good how are you?”

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Vader425 t1_ja28l0w wrote

The inventor of weed.

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AnonimousouminonA t1_ja2eavt wrote

12 comments and none of them stating the obvious? This guy is farting or about to.

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Stunning-Ad-2313 t1_ja2tgiy wrote

He was 30 years old when this photo was taken

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bunkin t1_ja385x4 wrote

He’s just had a sip of that heroin/ morphine/cannabis cough syrup that’s sold OTC. Bless the turn of the century

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Hlevinger t1_ja9lg45 wrote

So true. I lol’d so hard at this comment 🤣 thank you!

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Mega_Muppet t1_ja2ej3n wrote

I thought pictures taken in OZ were all in color.

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RealKoolKitty t1_ja2sy3q wrote

That picture is definitely a meme waiting to happen.....

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janas19 t1_ja2u8xo wrote

Back when the coca-cola had coca-ina.

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tarajackie t1_ja2d7zd wrote

Looks like Father Jack from “Father Ted”

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AJ787-9 t1_ja2i6ip wrote

Robert De Niro's taking his new role seriously...

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FletcherCommaIrwin t1_ja2kldm wrote

Looks like Olive Oyl’s Dad from Popeye (1980).

“You owe me an apology!…”

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PansexualGrownAssMan t1_ja3h2az wrote

If this guys life is ever made into a movie, Patton Oswald should be cast to play him

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Nebulous_Tazer t1_ja3op9o wrote

More like 1890s, like something out of RDR2.

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PeteHealy t1_ja5py3g wrote

1920s?? Are you kidding? Try the 1880s.

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b-sharp-minor t1_ja5qasx wrote

It is an actor named William J. Florence posing as the character Hon. Bardwell Slote in a play called "The Mighty Dollar" in about 1880.

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BummerComment t1_ja2gniz wrote

Thinking back to dat fin de siècle ^_^

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manfredmahon t1_ja2sj25 wrote

Looks like me Da gee eyed after a rake of pints

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mattd1972 t1_ja3vge3 wrote

Much earlier and much drunker.

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Bravefan21 t1_ja3ztjw wrote

My man got absolutely smacked for his portrait

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ophaus t1_ja4gvuc wrote

Druuuuuuuuuunked

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jefffrater1 t1_ja4sszb wrote

I’m currently reading the bio of John D Rockefeller. When they describe his bigamist, snake-oil salesman father, this is what I picture.

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Crayfish707 t1_ja4wi8r wrote

Patriarch of the pickle-thumb dynasty

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rhodigian t1_ja5978s wrote

My only doubt: wine, beer, or (most probably) some distilled spirit?

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Hlevinger t1_ja9ltot wrote

I swear all of these are the funniest comments in one post I’ve seen in a long time!! Thanks everyone🤣🤣🤣

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nzdennis t1_ja255r9 wrote

He scratching his nuts

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