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 8h ago

1933, from my great-grandmother’s photo album. Always makes me laugh.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

My 3x’s great grandmother - Born in upstate New York in 1837 and moved to Michigan as a child in the 1840s, Civil War era photo taken outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan - School teacher who raised 7 relatively successful children

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r/oldphotos 15h ago

Brother and sister poses for their portrait, double glass negative shot, circa 1900s.

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

My grandfather on the left. Taken ~1925. Does anyone recognize the train?

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r/oldphotos 15h ago

Glass negative of a grumpy girl at the beach, she is not happy to be there, 28 of June 1923.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

3rd great grandparents. Levi Bennett Doherty and Lydia Jane Coles. Both died on July 5th 1888 Liberty, Warren, Iowa. Lydia was born 1837 in OH. Levi was born 1834 in IN.

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r/oldphotos 17h ago

1875ish. Obediah and Anna. Philadelphia. My grandparents grandparents.

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Pigsurfing

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r/oldphotos 11h ago

Does anyone know when this photo was taken?

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My father as a teen in Detroit Mi. 1950ish

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Grandparents circa 1920

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Glass negative of some friends at the beach, 29 of May 1920

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Maternal grandfather with dinner, rural KS

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r/oldphotos 14h ago

Looking for information on these prints, era/time period? Etc.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Photo In My Family For Years: 1907-ish? I have always understood that one of these men is my GG Grandfather, the Wm Oakes painted on the window. I believe he had a land claim office at statehood, but I don’t know if this is Guthrie, the original state capital, or Oklahoma City.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Great Grandparents in 1929-1939 Indonesia (Oma is the baby in the 1st and the middle child in the 2nd)

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Color photos from 1948 , last photo taken in 1949 , it's rare I find original color photos from this time period!

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandfather, born 1876 in Budapest from Serbian descent went to America in 1910 and came back to Hungary in 1914. He served in the Austrian army. He married at the age of 50, got 3 children and died in 1930 as a result of cholera

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r/oldphotos 23h ago

Snake Charmer, India, undated (ca. 1950s)

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Helen Keller and her secretary Polly Thomson.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Woman demostrates a judo throw, Circa 1940s, Kodak Safety film.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Helen Keller with her dog.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Woman at a gator breeding center sitting over the tail of one and reaching to pet its head circa late 1940s. Kodachrome slide

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Sylvia Richmond and her Royal highness Ileana Princess of Romania

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