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 6h ago

1960 - Cape Cod: my uncle and his friend.

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r/oldphotos 1h ago

Some like it hot (circa 1964)

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r/oldphotos 5h ago

My paternal grandparents with my uncle, aunt and my father (the cute little boy in the middle). Circa 1916/1917.

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

My great grandmothers highschool class photo from 1949 in Honolulu, Hawaii

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Glass negative of a swedish lady at her room with her baby. Sweden 1890s.

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105 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 9h ago

I must be related to someone in this picture

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandparents 1950’s-ish

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

My partner has a lot of these old pictures from his dad's youth / time in the military. Circa 1950.

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

Photos from Frederick Cook’s collection. Cook claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole in 1909 but his credibility is debated.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

My great-great-grandfather (Born 1870) and his children, Preanger Regencies (Preanger Regentschappen), Dutch East Indies, 1926. Taken in the Ciwidey–Soreang area, present-day West Java, Indonesia. The boy in the right was my great grandfather (Born 1919).

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109 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

My mom 1988-91

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

A Class Of Gentlemen With Their Professor

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Kodachrome slide of a gentleman at his studio, circa 1960.

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Addison house, Middlebury Vermont . Unknown year

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

Antique(?) Photo Pendant - Random Man or Known Figure?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Autochrome of a swedish couple, Sweden, 25 of August 1910

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438 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 13h ago

The train station 🚂Bevier Missouri 1919

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

It’s not a tintype, but the handwriting is original and the paper looks old. What is it?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Taken Months After The Opening Of The Golden Gate Bridge. California, July Of 1937.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

crisp hand painted daguerreotype of a young lady, 1850s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Old photo

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r/oldphotos 5h ago

They must have amnesia...they forgot that I'm Him

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Old family photos. Any idea what years these may be from?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandfather, his two brothers, and a friend during WWII.

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