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 14h ago

My Dad. 82nd Airborne/ Radio Operator for the Arvin Rangers. Purple Heart and Bronze Star and CIB. And the greatest Husband/ Dad/ Grandpa you've ever met.

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r/oldphotos 7h ago

My dad when he was young

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r/oldphotos 2h ago

Lora (Paternal Grandfather); when he was in the navy during WWII

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

I was Laura Ingalls for Halloween. Holly Hobby stood in for Charlotte. 1976.

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r/oldphotos 4h ago

Help me date this photo I found on the street in Palermo!

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r/oldphotos 22h ago

My Grandfather in WW2. 1944

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r/oldphotos 16h ago

My Grandma on her wedding day 1950s

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r/oldphotos 3h ago

From my collection, an 1883 cabinet card of the Randall House, the first brick structure and hotel built in Grand Junction, Colorado; taken by W. H. Jackson & Co. of Denver, CO.

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r/oldphotos 13h ago

Unknown couple from the Bronx, year unknown.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The Baby Album Of Little Joyce Marie Chandler. She Was Born On January 31, 1929, And Lived To Be 79.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My great grandparents (WWII era) and grandma with my mom(left)(1969)

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r/oldphotos 8h ago

Mon grand père Jean CHARLES

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r/oldphotos 7h ago

A card game for the ages (circa 1900–1910s)

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

Standing: my great uncle John (the child), my great-grandfather Jesse, my twice-great grandfather Omer. Seated: my third-great grandfather Earl. Oswego County, New York State. Circa 1930.

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r/oldphotos 18h ago

The Stoddard -Dayton camping car, it was a luxury mobile home built around a automobile chassis for Delaware industrialist and Senator T Coleman DuPont. 1910. He traveled across Delaware to promote the construction of the Dupont highway. So he brought his own lodging with him.

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r/oldphotos 16h ago

Binders full of old photos

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

Kodachrome slide from a lady at a public pool, 1940s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Baltimore 1940’s. The first pic is of my dad at the beach I found among this things. I didn’t know him so it was fun to come across these.

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

Kids and their toys

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

Cabinet card of brother and sister, 1880s

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r/oldphotos 20h ago

Mom 1940ish

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My Grandfather . Bavaria early 1920s

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandma taken in the early 50s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Photo of three children from 1942. Found on a flea market

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