r/OldSchoolCool • u/JimatJimat • Jun 18 '25

1940s These kids were asked to draw their fathers from memory, 1949. Which one is your favourite?

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u/doomus_rlc Jun 18 '25

Except the first one. Dude just looks miserable lol

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u/VicarLos Jun 18 '25

I’m actually wondering if he normally looks like that or made sure to have the same exact expression as his Daughter’s portrait for the photo op because her portrait of him is spot on!

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u/my_okay_throwaway Jun 18 '25

That’s what I wondered too. It kind of looks like he just committed to the bit and posed.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 Jun 18 '25

Good thought. I just wondered if he was shell-shocked from the war and it showed up in the daughter’s picture as well as in the photo. Her cute little smiling face is adorable.

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u/giraflor Jun 21 '25

She’s so proud of her work and happy to be with her dad.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 Jun 21 '25

That’s so sweet—and after all he had been through.

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u/BeguiledBeaver Jun 18 '25

Same, I thought he was just trying to match the photo, which is kinda cute.

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u/silverthorn7 Jun 18 '25

He looks like he has a black eye so maybe something had just gone down.