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 7h ago

My Italian-American Great Grandfather In Central Park NYC, before being shipped off to WW2. Circa ~1940s

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

My great grandma & friends, 1950

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r/oldphotos 11h ago

Billy and Bobby Summersett waiting for the school bus, 1960s

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

My dad in his freshman year in college 1973 aged 18. He died in 2009 and I miss him so much

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

Not so old, but old enough. Me, 1979.

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r/oldphotos 5h ago

Penny strip of a boy posing for his photos, 1890s. Glass negative, 1 plate 4 photos

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

Christmas Dance 1966

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281 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 5h ago

Kodachrome shot of a lady besides her car, 1950s.

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r/oldphotos 7h ago

"The Saxophone Player," 1933

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Kodachrome slide of ladies besides a car, 1947

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

US airman (my Grandfather) in Britain 1952-1955

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Safety film photo of a lady at the beach, 1940s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The Union Army brass Band playing a top lookout mountain in 1864.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Mes arrières arrières grand parents, Jean BOUILLON et Jeanne CHEVALIER

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Beach day energy hit completely different in the 1950s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My paternal grandmother on the beach ca 1940 in her early 20s. My first memories of her were of her in her 60s (parents had me when they were older) and came across this picture in an old album. She was a fiery redhead and those genes showed back up in her great grandson…

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My mother, bottom right, before the Debutante Ball. 1943

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My Great-Great-Grandparents James Headley (center), Julia Jones Headley (left), and my Great-Great-Aunt Laverna Headley (right) in front of their Homestead in Vernon County, Wisconsin, 1898.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Photobooth shot of a young lady with freckles, 1950s.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Little girl smiles while riding her trike, 1950s. Anscochrome slide.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Clementine and Frances Wirtz - 1909 - Mandan, ND

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

In 1820, a ship of free Black Americans changed history and sailed to West Africa, to a land they callled Liberia. Eventually fighting off the American Colonization Society - an organization determined to stifle any threat of wealthy and influential Black communities abroad - nation building began..

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r/oldphotos 3d ago

My grandma - sometime around early 1940's

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r/oldphotos 3d ago

My grandma and I. 1972. Yes she was a young grandma, only 39.

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