18 Times People Revived Old Family Photos and Made the Clock Run Backward

A family gathering, a prom, a honeymoon, and even childbirth — our photo albums hold countless truly precious moments that make us feel nostalgic. And to make this nostalgia even stronger and bring those sweet moments back to life, some of us try recreating those good old pics, and the results can be beyond amazing.

We at Bright Side found 18 gifted people who made the past come alive with their side-by-side “then and now” photos, and we hope they can inspire you to make similar collages of your own.

1. “I recreated this photo of my grandmother from the late 1930s/early 1940s!”

2. “Coconut and me, 11 years apart (ages 3 and 14 for her, and 14 and 25 for me) — best dog to grow up with!”

3. “My brothers and me”

4. “Me as a boy in 1965 with a newly completed model airplane just minutes before destroying it — also me 56 years later with a surprise gift from a co-worker of an identical replica!”

5. “My son and me, same outfit, 27 years apart”

6. “Sister found this old picture during a family dinner and we decided to recreate it.”

7. “The family car and me, 20 years apart”

8. “My mom at age 17 in 1975, and me at age 26 — not identical, but I get why everyone says I look like her.”

9. “I got photos taken of me and my 13-year-old dogs to recreate some old ones for Christmas.”

10. “Me with my niece in 2012, and my sister with my daughter in 2020!”

11. “Recreated my mom’s favorite photo of us for Mother’s Day.”

12. “3 generations, 1 dress (grandma in 1964, mom in 1991, and me in 2017)”

13. “It took a lot of searching, but my fiancé and I finally found the same spot in Central Park where my grandparents took this photo back in the ’40s.”

14. “24 years in between”

15. “I found an old American Girl outfit I wore as a kid in my parents’ house this weekend. Okay, so the skirt doesn’t zip and the blouse is a belly shirt now, but still.”

16. “Passing down the Baby Express to my own son”

17. “3 sisters, 37 years later — I don’t know why it took us so long to make one of these.”

18. “My parents recreated their honeymoon picture 40 years later.”

Have you ever tried recreating your old photos? Please show us the results in the comments!