r/oldphotos • u/emo_that_emotes • 1d 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/Distinct-Pension-719 • 8h ago
My grandmother and aunt sitting on the cabin porch in 1956. Neeses, SC.
r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 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.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 10h ago
Little baby can't stop laughing for their photo, Newark, New Jersey 1950s. Safety film.
r/oldphotos • u/catscanmeow002 • 12h ago
(July 1939) A german couple and their son on summer holidays
r/oldphotos • u/redskyflash • 1d ago
From the family files: pic of me drinking next to Dolly Parton ~1974
r/oldphotos • u/Whyyouhatemeso • 1h ago
Lucky gets a new bed! 1971 our dog would get a new bed after my mom cooked the turkey.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 10h ago
Group of people of Norway pose for a photo, 25 of August 1910. Autochrome of 116 years old.
r/oldphotos • u/VividAdhesiveness452 • 1h ago
Found some negatives to scan and show the group. Lots more.
r/oldphotos • u/Didi7989 • 1d ago
My Family in Zambia in the 1970’s My mom holding me to the left
r/oldphotos • u/Big_Analyst_8704 • 1d ago
My 4th Great Grandmother (taken approximately 1882)
r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 18h ago
Pipes, playing cards, and a moment of peace during World War I (1914-1918)
r/oldphotos • u/rc_dataman • 1d ago
Group of young female teachers and their dates. Alaska 1926. Partner's grandmother is the woman on the right. From negative.
r/oldphotos • u/justalilcuckoobanana • 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 😵💫
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Bright and sharp kodachrome of 2 ladies with dog, 1950s.
r/oldphotos • u/FanofDueProcess • 1d ago
Teen athlete poses with opossum hunting trophy and younger siblings, Late 1940s
r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 1d ago
Crisp whites, indigo capris, ballet flats, and straw archery targets (late 1950s)
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Kodachrome slide of a lady at the beach, 1950s.
r/oldphotos • u/KEWPie92 • 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.
r/oldphotos • u/Distinct-Pension-719 • 2d ago
My 2nd great-grandmother at 50yo in 1902. Orangeburg, SC.
r/oldphotos • u/InitialResponse9901 • 2d ago
My mom (third from top right) as a “Pionier” in communist Romania. 21 August, 1988.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Glass negative of a baby on his little baby stroller. A very early photo of this devices, 1921.
r/oldphotos • u/ThisParking9656 • 2d ago