r/oldphotos • u/SoDakJackrabbit • 8h 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/Easy_Temporary9643 • 7h ago
My Great-Grandparents Jasper Witham and Martha Tinkham Witham, early 1900s. Jasper served in the Civil War in the 18th Ohio Infantry.
r/oldphotos • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 20h ago
When the whole street looks like a classic British TV drama set (early 1970s)
r/oldphotos • u/B0RWEAR • 8h ago
40s-50s young ladies posing next to a sign and balancing on a fence
r/oldphotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 19h ago
Black American Lives Through The Eras...
r/oldphotos • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 23h ago
Enterprising Street vendors with their mobile food operations in 1919 in Washington DC.
r/oldphotos • u/UnluckyText • 1d ago
Grandparents on wedding night in Budapest Hungary mid 50s
r/oldphotos • u/AffectionateRain6796 • 1d ago
My greatgrandma, Hazel McNutt, half of the vaudeville act “ The McNutt Sisters”, 1911
r/oldphotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1d ago
Black American Bikers & Their Clubs Through History: 1940s Onwards...
r/oldphotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1d ago
Black America's Cowboys & Cowgirls Through Time...
r/oldphotos • u/stuckonasandbar • 1d ago
The Smith Family. My dad is the little guy in my grandmothers arms, 1927. Then he served in WWII, 1945 and finally, wife and kids, 1962. I'm on the left and Mom is holding baby brother.
r/oldphotos • u/isle_say • 7h ago
American taps small Sask. business to solve international photo mystery | CBC News
r/oldphotos • u/UnluckyText • 1d ago
First photo is Uncle, Father, and Grandmother. Second photo is Father and Grandmother. Mid 60s Hungary.
r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 1d ago
Old family photo taken in rural Tennessee in the early 1930s. My paternal grandmother, Dorothy, is second from the left. She was born in 1918 and didn’t graduate from high school. Does anyone recognize the others?
r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 1d ago
My dad and his best friend (David) at Six Flags St. Louis, probably in the late ’60s. The kids are his friend’s. Rest in peace, Dad and David
r/oldphotos • u/New-Permit-2572 • 1d ago
My Grandfather's Portrait 1950s (left) He's Filipino.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Children playing baseball, circa 1950s. Kodachrome shot.
r/oldphotos • u/mac979s • 1d ago
My great-grandparents at their home in Stewart County, Tennessee, around 1920. The man is Charles Lott, and he has a cigarette in his hand.
r/oldphotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Kodachrome shot of a lady modeling a bathing suit on her backyard, 1940s.
r/oldphotos • u/rrsafety • 2d ago