A lot of my favourite books growing up were about kids who lived during the Depression and WWII, like To Kill a Mockingbird, or The Sky is Falling. The kids in these books always seemed so brave, so tough, and wise beyond their years; yet somehow still children. Fittingly, the kids in these photos really seem to evoke all those qualities. Especially the pre-teen with the finger curls in the first picture, no?
These beautiful photographs and more can be found in an archive from the 1930s and 40s on flickr.
Love these photos! I agree, the finger curls do look tough enough!
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