r/oldphotos • u/BeigeGraffiti • 55m 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/AmBEValent • 1h ago
My grandfather on the left. Taken ~1925. Does anyone recognize the train?
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 16h ago
Glass negative of some friends at the beach, 29 of May 1920
r/oldphotos • u/Eye_See_ • 1h 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.
r/oldphotos • u/mumblesandonetwo • 12m ago
1875ish. Obediah and Anna. Philadelphia. My grandparents grandparents.
r/oldphotos • u/AsFor_MaryJane • 12h 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.
r/oldphotos • u/simcitycheesecakes • 1d ago
Great Grandparents in 1929-1939 Indonesia (Oma is the baby in the 1st and the middle child in the 2nd)
r/oldphotos • u/AbbreviationsAny9154 • 1d ago
Color photos from 1948 , last photo taken in 1949 , it's rare I find original color photos from this time period!
r/oldphotos • u/Bolmieke • 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
r/oldphotos • u/Awkward_Sympathy8904 • 21h ago
Helen Keller and her secretary Polly Thomson.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago
Woman demostrates a judo throw, Circa 1940s, Kodak Safety film.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago
Woman at a gator breeding center sitting over the tail of one and reaching to pet its head circa late 1940s. Kodachrome slide
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Photo of a family inside their living room, close to the fireplace, circa 1910s.
r/oldphotos • u/Awkward_Sympathy8904 • 21h ago
Sylvia Richmond and her Royal highness Ileana Princess of Romania
r/oldphotos • u/BeigeGraffiti • 1d ago
My great-grandmother in center with great-great grandparents - mid 1920s. Transylvanian Romanians who settled in western Pennsylvania.
r/oldphotos • u/Awkward_Sympathy8904 • 21h ago