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How did we even communicate our emotions before memes? These days, we're in the midst of peak social media, and relaying your current mood has never been simpler. But your social media presence is only as strong as your sense of humor. Distilling your feelings into one GIF, image, or meme is fine, but it better not be some basic shit from shutterstock, fam. Intangible social awards only go to the most creative, those who dig up a rare image not being used by several thousands of other people to depict the same #mood or better yet, those who flip a meme with a subversive caption or vice versa. The easiest route: using a meme that has modern language on an old ass picture that couldn't be further from the subject matter on the surface but actually works. So, just for giggles, we thought we'd dig up some famous and vintage photos and do just that. Thank us later.
Albert Einstein on his 72nd birthday by Arthur Sasse, 1951
Frances Densmore plays a recording for Mountain Chief (Blackfoot) at the Smithsonian Institution by Harris and Ewing Photographers, 1916
Buzz Aldrin on the moon, 1969
President Obama and his national security team watching the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden by Pete Souza, 2011
Marilyn Monroe on set of 'The Seven Year Itch,' 1954
New Shoes by Gerald Waller, 1946
Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, 1941
V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr. on the set of 'How to Marry a Millionaire' by Frank Worth 1953,
President Clinton hugs (then unknown mistress) Monica Lewinsky at a fundraiser by Dirck Halstead, 1996
Steve McQueen by John Dominis, 1963
Lunch on a skyscraper, Charles C Ebbets, 1932
The Goodbye Kiss, circa 1960s
