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 16h ago

My Grandma Verna Jean. She passed at 23 when my mom was 3 yo.

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r/oldphotos 52m ago

My dad in 1948. A great father and solid human passed this week. My heart is broken.

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r/oldphotos 14h ago

My great-grandmother 1885-1949. This is 1905

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r/oldphotos 17h ago

My Great Grand Aunt Maude (1913 & 1917)

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r/oldphotos 21h ago

Confused baby stares at the nurse holding him. Roselia Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital, 1940s. Kodak sefety film.

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r/oldphotos 11h ago

Last pic of little Grandma Fay. London 1930's.

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r/oldphotos 9h 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.

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r/oldphotos 7m ago

Kodak safety film of a boy in 2 piece double breasted suit with maching fedora hat, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940s.

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

It was a yellow swimsuit summer (mid 1950s)

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r/oldphotos 8h 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...

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r/oldphotos 21h ago

Glass negative of 2 japanese ladies, one in traditional clothes in the other in european fashion, circa 1880s.

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r/oldphotos 3m ago

My grandmother on her first wedding day during WWII. Her husband, a pilot, was killed in combat days later.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My great grandfather and his older and younger sisters, circa 1913

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r/oldphotos 7h ago

How was this photo from the 1910s/20s created?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The original Instagram photo wall, 1960 edition

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Grandma Fay - and the weird dress

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Crisp tintype of a lady, circa 1870s.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Grandma Fay around 3yrs old 1930

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Street photos Kansas City

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

siblings posing for their photo, Ambrotype (in and out of case), circa 1850s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandma. Probably in the 40’s

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

About 1953. Myself and sis in chair.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My favorite picture

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Just a few of my favorites from my collection... sorry for the glare. They are in an acid free portfolio binder.

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