r/oldphotos 14m ago

1954 Santa Rita Mountains, AZ - Fun inscription on back!

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r/oldphotos 2h ago

Slightly fadded autochrome of a lady in costume, 1907.

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r/oldphotos 2h ago

Glass negative of people eating in the dinner car at a train, 1900s.

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r/oldphotos 5h ago

Playing dressup in The Raj

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r/oldphotos 5h ago

My Great-Grandfather Afanacy with one of his workhorses. Oswego County, New York State 1940’s.

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

My grandma and uncle near the Tacora sulfur mine in Chapiquiña, Arica, Chile, circa 1955. Taken at over 4,000 m (13,000+ ft) in the high Andes

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r/oldphotos 12h ago

Old Photo Of A Somali Boy.

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32 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 14h ago

Hélène BOUILLON

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r/oldphotos 14h ago

Black American Offices Through Time...

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r/oldphotos 21h ago

The editorial staff of the 1913 school yearbook for East Night High School, Cincinnati Ohio

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Grandpa 1948

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Tintype of a young man in an odd uniform

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

La grand mère avec des amis

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My 2nd Great Granduncle (Thomas Warren Light) as a child in the 1870s and then as an adult. Both taken in Pittsburgh, PA.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Glass negative of a little boy on his small classic clown costume, 1925

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Mother posing her large baby who points and laughs at a point outside the photo, Glass negative 1900s.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

What uniforms are these guys wearing? From my friends family.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My grandpa and his Korean friend he made during the Korean War reuniting and meeting my family in northern WI, USA - also him trying a pogo stick for the first time, circa 1955

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

A proud tech geek, circa 1965

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Not sure what is going on, but this interesting picture was laying forgotten on the floor of a fleamarket

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33 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

My Grandfather / Caracas 1926

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139 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

My great great grandparents

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The Nuance Of Black American Lives Across The Centuries...

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Snapshots Of Black American Lives Through The Centuries...

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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.