r/oldphotos • u/Flatwoodsmonster17 • 7h 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/UrbanAchievers6371 • 11h ago
Billy and Bobby Summersett waiting for the school bus, 1960s
r/oldphotos • u/UpbeatStill1659 • 20h ago
My dad in his freshman year in college 1973 aged 18. He died in 2009 and I miss him so much
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5h ago
Penny strip of a boy posing for his photos, 1890s. Glass negative, 1 plate 4 photos
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5h ago
Kodachrome shot of a lady besides her car, 1950s.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Kodachrome slide of ladies besides a car, 1947
r/oldphotos • u/BigNukey • 20h ago
US airman (my Grandfather) in Britain 1952-1955
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Safety film photo of a lady at the beach, 1940s.
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 1d ago
The Union Army brass Band playing a top lookout mountain in 1864.
r/oldphotos • u/Wide-Piglet-4687 • 1d ago
Mes arrières arrières grand parents, Jean BOUILLON et Jeanne CHEVALIER
r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 1d ago
Beach day energy hit completely different in the 1950s
r/oldphotos • u/Squirrelherder_24-7 • 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…
r/oldphotos • u/dittidot • 2d ago
My mother, bottom right, before the Debutante Ball. 1943
r/oldphotos • u/Easy_Temporary9643 • 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.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Photobooth shot of a young lady with freckles, 1950s.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Little girl smiles while riding her trike, 1950s. Anscochrome slide.
r/oldphotos • u/TheBlackRecord • 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..
r/oldphotos • u/tammyreneebaker • 3d ago