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We all lived through the scrunchies, flannels + the plucked-to-death brows of quintessential ‘90s style AND have the pics to prove it (twice now!). But have you ever wondered what your high school portraits would have looked like if you were a 1960s flower child, a ‘50s Beatnik or a Roaring ‘20s flapper? Post-secondary student at Ohio State University Annalisa Hartlaub gives us a glimpse at what yearbooks might have looked like over the past 10 decades in her dreamy photo series.

Teen Recreates High School Yearbook Pics From the 1920s to Now

Teen Recreates High School Yearbook Pics From the 1920s to Now

We all lived through the scrunchies, flannels + the plucked-to-death brows of quintessential ‘90s style AND have the pics to prove it (twice now!). But have you ever wondered what your high school portraits would have looked like if you were a 1960s flower child, a ‘50s Beatnik or a Roaring ‘20s flapper? Ohio hs student (who’s also taking classes at Ohio State University), Annalisa Hartlaub gives us a glimpse at what yearbooks might have looked like over the past 10 decades in her dreamy photo series.


Scroll through 100 years of fashion below.

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Just incredible. But these outtakes from Hartlaub’s Tumblr are almost even better (+ the last one is EPIC!).

A flapper girl doing what she does best.

Uhhh, as if!!!

In the young artist’s own words: “For my photography class we were assigned to create the worst portrait we could of ourselves. Instead I think I may have created the greatest portrait of myself…” Agree.

What photo series has you swooning? Tell us in the comments below.

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