Old Photos

r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 5h 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 • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5h 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 • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5h ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/boeing727-100 • 9h ago

Old Norwegian mill, anywhere from 1890-1930

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r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 15h ago

Card games bridging worlds in Florida (1930s)

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r/oldphotos • u/VividAdhesiveness452 • 23h ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/don_katsu • 1d ago

Old Wedding Photos Found at a Thrift

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r/oldphotos • u/kester99 • 1d ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/Savage_soul_3211 • 1d ago

1989 . can you guess the country!

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r/oldphotos • u/Yggdrasil- • 1d ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 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 • u/mac979s • 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 • u/Feaselbf6 • 1d ago

Belgian coal miners in crammed elevators 1900’s

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r/oldphotos • u/FlashyFloor4127 • 1d ago

My 5th great grandparents

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r/oldphotos • u/tammyreneebaker • 1d ago

My mom and I. 1972.

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r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 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 • u/OutlandishnessHead26 • 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 • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 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 • u/Senior_Fig7845 • 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 • u/wisestmonkey • 1d ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/Eofofa • 2d ago

My great-great-grandfather

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r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

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

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r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 2d ago

Lora (Paternal Grandfather); when he was in the navy during WWII

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r/oldphotos • u/The_Public_Historian • 2d ago

From my collection, an 1883 cabinet card of the Randall House, the first brick structure and hotel built in Grand Junction, Colorado; taken by W. H. Jackson & Co. of Denver, CO.

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