r/oldphotos Mar 11 '24

Mod Announcement Update on /r/oldphotos rules - March 2024

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We are making some updates and rule changes due to the changing and growing nature of the subreddit, and due to amount of reports and modmail that come through on certain issues. The rules are always subject to change so always read them before posting.

  1. We are going to start enforcing the rule for including the year in the description more heavily. Some photos are obviously 'old' (like something from the 1800's), or educational if OP is looking for help dating a photo, those will be ignored from the rules more. But if any seem skeptical to the mod team, and appear too modern with no date attached, don't be offended if the post gets removed.
  2. New rule: We will remove photos that include modern photography in them. Things like comparing yourself to how you look compared to your grandparents, or before/after of old architecture will now be removed. There are other subreddits better suited for those, like /r/genealogy /r/ancestry /r/ancestrydna , and /r/oldphotosinreallife . We want to keep this subreddit simple and to the point, a feed of old photographs, nothing more.
  3. Pending rule change: There is gray area on dates of photos that are allowed. Right now the 1980's are allowed but not really recommended. Anything newer than 1990 will be removed. Depending on how the subreddit grows, we may move the date farther back to the 60's and 70's, and no longer allow 1980s+, so be aware.

r/oldphotos 3h ago

Little Beverly Blout poses for his first communion, Newark, New Jersey, 1956.

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r/oldphotos 3h ago

My great-uncle Harrison, sometime in the 1930s. He lived from 1907–1939 and died of tuberculosis at just 32. Not sure what the story behind this photo was, but I’ve always found it interesting.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My dad was born in October 1946. Always thought it was interesting that little boys wore baby gowns like this back then. I really love this picture of him.

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r/oldphotos 7h ago

Old Norwegian mill, anywhere from 1890-1930

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r/oldphotos 21h ago

Forgive the pixelation Reddit compresses I believe. Negatives found at an antique store. Scanned to save.

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r/oldphotos 3h ago

Glass negative of Grandmother Hanne Jensdatter Buck (30/10/1815-24/12/1896) with granddaughter Poula Helene Hanne Simonsen (04/02/1894-27/11/1894). August of 1894.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

1989 . can you guess the country!

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r/oldphotos 13h ago

Card games bridging worlds in Florida (1930s)

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

A member of the 369th infantry regiment AKA the "Harlem hellfighters" hold the puppy he saved in world War I. Cicra 1911 🪖

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

More photos of my dad stationed at the Korean JSA/DMZ in the late 60s

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r/oldphotos 23h ago

Old Wedding Photos Found at a Thrift

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My mom and I. 1972.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Franklin Schenck angler🎣 from Brooklyn New York caught this 384 lb black sea bass off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in California in 1900.🎣 He chartered a local skiff from a man named Harry Elms a local guide. The gentleman next to him in the photo.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Uncle Charlie (Piano) and his Dixieland Band Practicing at my Grandma's House, circa 1952

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Belgian coal miners in crammed elevators 1900’s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My 5th great grandparents

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My uncle (right) and a colleague playing with Siberian Husky puppies born at the 'Arturo Prat' Naval Base in the extreme Chilean Antarctic, 1955

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My great-great-grandfather

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Little girl poses with her puppy over her trike, circa 1890.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Paul Didier a lawyer and a faithful cyclist in Paris France.He invented a bicycle with wings back in 1911. It's actually became a brief sporting craze in Europe using Pedal Power to take flight. They would actually have events with cash prizes. Robert Peugeot a French industrialist even offered a pr

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My great Grandfather Emil Raddatz. Started the Tintic mine in Utah.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Since my posts about Carl have gotten a lot of attention, my interest in him has gotten even higher. I bought a Newspaper.com account to hopefully find more pictures of him. I think these clippings basically tell his story. (spanning from 1907-1948)

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My dad when he was young

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Kodachrome slide of ladies at the beach feeling the waves, 1950s.

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