• Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
    420·
    9 months ago

    This doesn’t seem real.

    Dreadlocks would have been extremely abnormal for the period. Hell, it’d be extremely abnormal now.

    You sure this isn’t some indy photoshoot or AI or something?

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldEnglish
      19·
      9 months ago

      Not sure if you’re serious, and I don’t know if the pic is authentic, but I don’t see dreadlocks, just thick Asian hair.

      Source: I’m Asian and had classmates with the same kind of hair.

      • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
        220·
        9 months ago

        The one on the left has half her hair in dreadlocks.

        I guess the shutter could have blurred it to look exactly like dreadlocks, but it looks pretty definitive to me

          • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
            38·
            9 months ago

            Could be. I tried a reverse image search to find more context, and didn’t find anything but posts like this with no citations, starting from 2017.

            I’m not convinced it’s real.

          • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
            19·
            9 months ago

            Did I say it was? My point was that it would be very odd in 1945 Japan

            Jfc. Nevermind, I’m not getting anywhere in this thread. I guess this isn’t a community for discussion, just neat pictures.

            • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              5·
              9 months ago

              I thought the same thing tbh, but upon zooming in I think it may just be a combo of shadows/sunlight and a shitty 1945 camera. Some of the “dreads” look kinda like normal hair towards the tips.

    • Aggravationstation@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Don’t think they’re dreads. Look at the top of her head, it looks like it’s just very thick hair that’s covered in dirt/ dust.