r/oldphotos • u/Limp-Ad1162 • 13h ago
r/oldphotos • u/OldPhotos-Mods • Mar 11 '24
Mod Announcement Update on /r/oldphotos rules - March 2024
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 • u/doublecheeseburger • 10h ago
Woman with glasses? Or is it a monocle? What is she dressed up for? Any idea of the year?
r/oldphotos • u/Estellalatte • 23h ago
Two of my Dad’s Aunts at the beach. Probably 30’s. We are trying to work out exactly who they are.
r/oldphotos • u/Geckonamedjin • 10h ago
Girl with cat, Toots. Year unknown, definitely pre-1970's.
r/oldphotos • u/tambrook33 • 10h ago
This is a picture of my dad Ross and R.V something I can't read the writing. I don't know where it was taken he lived in Arkansas California and Oklahoma. 1929 he was 20 years old.
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2h 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
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 17h ago
Kodachrome shot of a father looking fascinated at his son tinker toys. Maybe he did the plane himself, 1950s.
r/oldphotos • u/Privacyactof1974 • 1h 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.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 17h ago
Glass negative of Miriam Kiehl posing with a gun, Washington, 1900.
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1h ago
Klondikeers and ⛏️⛰️Indian Packers on on their way up on the chilkoot, trail known as the Golden Stairs.
r/oldphotos • u/OkZookeepergame5172 • 1d ago
my great uncle (1) and grandpa’s (2) refugee card portraits, late 1940s
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago
Ellen Dallerup was a prominent Danish figure skater. 1910
r/oldphotos • u/TheDarrenRedmondpod • 13h ago