The Time Traveling Hipster refers to a photograph taken in 1941 at the reopening of the South Fork Bridge in British Columbia, which gained viral fame in 2010 for featuring a man who appeared wildly out of place. Wearing modern-style sunglasses, a graphic t-shirt, and a cardigan, he looked more like a 21st-century youth than a WWII-era spectator. While researchers eventually identified his attire as contemporary to the 1940s—including specialized shades and a knitted hockey sweater—the image remains a legendary example of a perceived time travel mystery. In internet culture, the meme is primarily used to poke fun at hipster tropes, specifically the 'I liked it before it was cool' mentality, by placing a modern persona in a historical context.