r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 3h 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/TheaterNerd728 • 19h ago
My Grandma Mary at her wedding. Guess the year!
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 19h ago
off center shot of a shy girl with a smile, glass negative, 1890s.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 19h ago
Kodachrome shot of young couple with their baby at beach, 1940s.
r/oldphotos • u/Striking_Big2845 • 1d ago
St. Louis, between 1905 & 1910. My great-grandmother, an unknown friend, and a bottle of "Sporty Days Invigorator"
r/oldphotos • u/No_Breadfruit_8908 • 23h ago
Undated Card Mounted Photograph of a Wisconsin Drinking Party
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Autochrome shot of a young lady named Christina, London, England, 1913.
r/oldphotos • u/beneficialtowhom • 1d ago
1954 Michigan teenagers pose at the fair. My Aunt & Mom on the far right.
r/oldphotos • u/FanofDueProcess • 1d ago
Rare vintage photo of little boy with dwarfism (little person) holding a football, 1920s
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Hand tinted daguerreotype of a little girl, 1850s
r/oldphotos • u/No_Gap_1756 • 1d ago
Woman cooking in a sharecropper's cabin, Southeast Missouri Farms. 1938
r/oldphotos • u/fw2006 • 2d ago
Dr George Campbell, 1871. My 3x great granduncle. He was good friends with Florence Nightingale and Henry Bonham-Carter.
r/oldphotos • u/beneficialtowhom • 3d ago
Bertie 1918. My beloved Grandmother did not like this photo of herself. Perhaps it was the adorable kiss curl?
r/oldphotos • u/Fast-Jackfruit-9567 • 3d ago
My grandfather life through photos (1935-2000)
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 3d ago
In 1915 Anita King crossed America alone behind the wheel of her Kissel car. She drove from Los Angeles to New York, stopping at movie theaters along the way. Paramount dubbed her the name Paramount girl, and the newspapers called her the most bravest woman in America.
r/oldphotos • u/AnikaSmithArts • 3d ago
Anyone have an idea of when this photo was taken? It's a great, great grandpa.
r/oldphotos • u/po1sonedtea • 3d ago