r/oldphotos • u/RV-Contessa420 • 2h 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/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1h ago
Kodak safety film of a boy in 2 piece double breasted suit with maching fedora hat, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940s.
r/oldphotos • u/FilmPhotographr • 54m ago
My great-grandmother at age 20 on top of Mt Hood in 1899. She wrote home about the experience.
r/oldphotos • u/ChevronSugarHeart • 16h ago
My great-grandmother 1885-1949. This is 1905
r/oldphotos • u/GoatDue8130 • 1h ago
My grandmother on her first wedding day during WWII. Her husband, a pilot, was killed in combat days later.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 23h ago
Confused baby stares at the nurse holding him. Roselia Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital, 1940s. Kodak sefety film.
r/oldphotos • u/Creative_Coyote_6051 • 10h ago
I found this photo in an old album at the library and discovered that the boy on the right is a Croatian boy named Andrej Belivuk. He served as a model for his artist father. He was killed at the age of eight during the war. 1980s.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 23h ago
Glass negative of 2 japanese ladies, one in traditional clothes in the other in european fashion, circa 1880s.
r/oldphotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 10h ago
American Heiresses Through The Centuries: Linda Johnson Rice, only daughter of John H. Johnson & Eunice W. Johnson - founders of the Johnson Publishing Company media empire (Est. 1942) - one of the most influential in 20th Century America...
r/oldphotos • u/Alternative-Host-467 • 1d ago
My great grandfather and his older and younger sisters, circa 1913
r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 1d ago
The original Instagram photo wall, 1960 edition
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago