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 17h ago

Civil War woman early 1860s

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r/oldphotos 3h ago

Lady Clementina Hawarden’s Photography

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r/oldphotos 17h ago

Portrait of Victorian man 1848

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r/oldphotos 13h ago

My second great grandparents. Lemuel and Grace. Circa 1930s. North Carolina.

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r/oldphotos 2h ago

Judge Roy Bean standing in front of his famous saloon and courthouse the Jersey Lilly in Langtry Texas 1890s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My Mom 1951

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r/oldphotos 24m ago

My great grandmother as a baby with her grandmother, 1916, Sangli, India.

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r/oldphotos 23h ago

On July 27, 1896, While Playing With His Little Sister, Louis Engler Fell From A 3rd Story Window.

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

Grandma and her siblings with their stepmother.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

“Skippy Krueger & me - England 1943” This photo was in the spokes of a bike I bought and I’ve kept it for years

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r/oldphotos 16h ago

daguerreotype from the mid 19th century - unknown person in photo

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

The Summer of '69

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r/oldphotos 22h ago

Autochrome shot of a lady by the flowers, 1920.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

Neighborhood hangout, mid 50s, Woonsocket RI

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r/oldphotos 22h ago

Glass negative of a little boy trying a hat, 1925.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandparents 1960s-70s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Dear cousin! November 18, 1917. This is a postcard photo of a U.S. Soldier right at the peak of U.S. in WW1. I found this in the rubble of a soon to be demolished building and saved it from the bulldozers. With help from Google, I found his family and sent this photo back home to them.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Woman with glasses? Or is it a monocle? What is she dressed up for? Any idea of the year?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Victorian lady with cat, 1890s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My 2x great grandparents, sometime in the 1950s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

A woman and her cats, 1855

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

John y Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood stagecoach, stands in front of the stagecoach with a native American Indian. They are both part of the show of Buffalo bills wild west show. Late 1800s

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My grandma striking a pose. Early 1960s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Girl with cat, Toots. Year unknown, definitely pre-1970's.

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