45 vintage photos that will make you laugh

Apparently to publicize the British Egg Marketing Board.

Hats off to this fashionable lady, the mother of famous English milliner David Shilling, the Telegraph reported.

Turns out Yankees legend Babe Ruth was also quite the actor. His "Babe Comes Home" co-star Anna Q. Nilsson said, "What he lacks in polish and experience he makes up in ardor and seriousness," the National Baseball Hall of Fame reported.

It's a zoo in here.

You'll make a complete foal of yourself.

Impy the Afghan hound is looking quite fetching in this 1971 photo.

Or 12, as the case may be.

Invented in the 19th century, the "mass shaving machine" can shave a dozen men simultaneously, Big Think reported. Eric Sykes, an English comedian, demonstrated the device on an unaired pilot for a TV series about 1800s innovations.

In a publicity shot taken in the 1970s, two ladies in Skegness, a seaside town in Lincolnshire, England, wear vintage bathing costumes from 1914.

The hair of the dog was never more chic.

Unless she has a personalized basin, that is.

A musician at Miami University in Florida found a novel way to use his instrument on a hot day in 1966.

A stylish newspaper hat, that's what.

Hopefully no supervillains were harmed in the making of this road safety video featuring "Batman" actor Adam West. It was filmed in London's Kensington neighborhood in the 1960s.

Apparently spaghetti-swooshing contests — in which participants had to polish off a bowl of noodles by only using their faces, lips, and tongues — were a thing in the 1940s.

Here, the Minsky Carnival Showgirls compete in such a contest.

Sow what? He likes the attention.

As British actress Barbara Roscoe demonstrates, why go to a salon when you can dry your hair and cook at the same time?

Some people think better while taking a bath — and some sing better.

Myrna Loy, an American film, television, and stage actress, illustrates an alternative mode of transportation during inclement weather.

On a road near Paris, France, Audrey Hepburn and her first husband, Mel Ferrer, bundle up.

As captured during the 1956 Royal Command Performance, Gracie Fields, a comedienne and singer, drinks tea with music hall and vaudeville entertainer Bud Flanagan, who's dressed as a Roman centurion.

Larry Fine and Curly Howard slurp soup loudly — much to the chagrin of fellow Stooge Moe Howard, who plugs his ears to drown out the sound.

This accordion player is getting a glowing "one trunk up" review.

It sounds like music is on the menu.

They could score big in the championship tidal match.

For this photo, Davy Jones buried fellow Monkees band mates Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz up to their necks in sand.

It may be a dog-eat-dog world ... but things aren't so bad when you're a pampered pooch.

... but you can't pick your siblings.

It's hard not to giggle at this gaggle.

This doesn't look very comfortable.

This 2-year-old decided to paint outside the box ... or, rather, off the canvas.

Life as a writer can be ruff.

In his trench coat and shades, this dog is paws-itively fabulous.

The skeleton says, "A beer and a mop."

His ape-ron!

His order? A pink elephant.

Who did the elephant manage to call? Oh, it's irrelephant.

Just be sure you get the pig of the litter.

Beers here, alcohol you later!

Do you think they took turns?

The basketball game was held as a fundraiser for the National Playing Fields Association, now known as Fields in Trust, a charity which seeks to protect parks and green spaces in Britain.

Golf would be a much easier sport to watch if this was the ball they used.

This looks like way more fun beach activity than Spikeball.

Hopefully he decided to try another sport ... and got some ice.

Let's hope these porcupines aren't pricky eaters.

Consider this an official petition to take more photos of animals listening to music.