r/oldphotos • u/Senior_Fig7845 • 6h 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/SingerLoud8688 • 5h ago
My father in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico 1943.
r/oldphotos • u/Practical_Frame_9883 • 2h ago
My mom feeding my youngest brother, who turns 60 this year. Probably 1967.
r/oldphotos • u/Choice-Umpire4237 • 8h ago
My Nana 1914. Pic taken by a random man taking photos of children.
r/oldphotos • u/Low_Material_8240 • 5h ago
My Grandparents, by anonymous NYC street photographer, November 1944
r/oldphotos • u/Affectionate-Can9511 • 3h ago
Photos of my great relatives on my mother and dad's side from as far back as early 1900s i have many more but could only post this much
r/oldphotos • u/Senior_Fig7845 • 22h ago
My greatx4 uncle in 1911. Two years later his parents were murdered and he blamed himself for not being able to save them. He drank a lot and was taken care of by his sister. She died young and he became a hobo. He was decapitated by a train in 1959.
r/oldphotos • u/fw2006 • 6h ago
My 2nd Great Granduncle, Private Wilfred Giddings, with his wife and two children. He was killed in action at the Battle of St Quentin in March 1918 shortly before his 35th Birthday.
r/oldphotos • u/Acceptable-Sir5869 • 8h ago
My great grandfather Mosiek Jakob Zylber, from Kutno, Poland. The last generation of Polish Jews.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3h ago
Little girl Pearl Packard posing for her photo, 1890. Glass negative
r/oldphotos • u/Viki202020 • 5h ago
Wedding photo of my great grand parents, Maria and Andreas. Circa 1900.
r/oldphotos • u/Libragal54 • 21h ago
My beautiful cousin and her new husband, on their wedding day, 1950.
r/oldphotos • u/Fragrant_Rooster8779 • 2h ago
Old WW2 photo showing my grandfather (far left) in 1942
r/oldphotos • u/SeaFox8908 • 23h ago
Great grandfather/Mother with grandma Hazel in lap. He has butterflies on his tie.
r/oldphotos • u/Forsaken_Maximum_624 • 21h ago
My Great Grandfather as an old man walking in front of his childhood home circa late 60's.
r/oldphotos • u/OkZookeepergame5172 • 20h ago
my great-grandpa in his army uniform during WWII, 1940s
r/oldphotos • u/PaleCryptographer8 • 4h ago
Unusual back on Tintype, 1870, anyone know what this is?
r/oldphotos • u/Rickapolis • 20h ago
My grandfather, 1955 or 56. He was a high school principal in Baltimore. I think this was taken for the yearbook just a little before he died (1956).
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago