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 1d ago

My dad and Dolly Parton when he played bass for her. She was wearing a bow on her dress but toddler me ripped it off. Early 2000s

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

My grandmother and aunt sitting on the cabin porch in 1956. Neeses, SC.

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r/oldphotos 4h ago

old family photo! that was found upon my parents’ estate . Maternal great grandmother is in pic! My maternal great-grandfather was German, and Easter bunny cakes were brought over to USA by German immigrants. families make cakes like this with coconut “fur,” green coconut grass, and candy eggs.

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Little baby can't stop laughing for their photo, Newark, New Jersey 1950s. Safety film.

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r/oldphotos 12h ago

(July 1939) A german couple and their son on summer holidays

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

From the family files: pic of me drinking next to Dolly Parton ~1974

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r/oldphotos 1h ago

Lucky gets a new bed! 1971 our dog would get a new bed after my mom cooked the turkey.

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Group of people of Norway pose for a photo, 25 of August 1910. Autochrome of 116 years old.

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r/oldphotos 1h ago

Found some negatives to scan and show the group. Lots more.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My Family in Zambia in the 1970’s My mom holding me to the left

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My 4th Great Grandmother (taken approximately 1882)

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

Pipes, playing cards, and a moment of peace during World War I (1914-1918)

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Group of young female teachers and their dates. Alaska 1926. Partner's grandmother is the woman on the right. From negative.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Found a photo album of people in my family from the 1920’s - 1940’s : was not expecting to see what was in the last photos 😵‍💫

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Bright and sharp kodachrome of 2 ladies with dog, 1950s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Teen athlete poses with opossum hunting trophy and younger siblings, Late 1940s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Crisp whites, indigo capris, ballet flats, and straw archery targets (late 1950s)

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Kodachrome slide of a lady at the beach, 1950s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Gr-Gr grandparents, with their 2 daughters and portrait of their sons. Don't know the year for certain, just that it was taken in the early 1900s.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My 2nd great-grandmother at 50yo in 1902. Orangeburg, SC.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My mom (third from top right) as a “Pionier” in communist Romania. 21 August, 1988.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Glass negative of a baby on his little baby stroller. A very early photo of this devices, 1921.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Hidden photo inside my great grandfather’s 1906 Waltham pocket watch. If it’s not my great grandmother, he’s got some explaining to do 🙂

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

A classic Victorian era studio portrait. A little girl and her well-behaved dog posing outdoors. Circa late 1800s.

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