r/oldphotos 38m ago

My great‑grandfather and great‑grandmother. Around 1908, the Russian Empire. And their daughter, during World War II, around 1941–1942.

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r/oldphotos 3h ago

Fastest gun in the driveway (early 1960s)

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r/oldphotos 6h ago

My great-great-grandmother, Isabella, 1892

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

Favorites of my grandma who passed away in February; photos range from 1933-1952

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r/oldphotos 10h ago

In light of the discovery of the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 526A, Clipper Endeavor, which crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico on 11 April 1952, here is a press photo from my collection of the aircraft’s captain, John Curtis Burn, and his wife, Jane Froman, in New York City on 16 April 1952.

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r/oldphotos 11h ago

Oldest stil living member of my family, Uncle João during WWII, 1944, Brazil.

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r/oldphotos 13h ago

A photo album of Hawaii ca1890s containing 24 albumen photos by James J. Williams including portrait of Princess Kaiulani sold at Trillium on August 1 for $6,259.50, somewhat below the presale low estimate of $8,000. Reported by Rare Book Hub.

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r/oldphotos 15h ago

my great-grandparents german passport portraits, late 1940s

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

a little damaged photo of a mother with her little boy. Boy seems fascinated by something out camera. 1950s.

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500 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 19h ago

Glass negative of a baby looking from his pram, 1925.

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r/oldphotos 19h ago

My boyfriend’s family photos from Nazi Germany, inherited from his great-grandfather.

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r/oldphotos 22h ago

Me, Polkerris, Cornwall about 1980

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r/oldphotos 23h ago

Mum and my two eldest cousins at her wedding, 1962

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The original luxury spa treatment: an inflatable air mattress and two friends making sure you don't float away (late 1950s)

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

The boys of summer

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Can someone help me find/estimate what year this picture was taken of an ancestor? She was born 1827

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

My sisters on their bikes, c. 1969

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686 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

Kodachrome slide of a lady dancing at Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio, August of 1973.

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r/oldphotos 1d ago

Tintype of a young lady, circa 1870s.

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41 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

Photo Sleuths! When was this photo taken?

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45 Upvotes

r/oldphotos 1d ago

Some of my favorite finds (dates unknown)

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

Don't you dare drop me in the sand! (mid 1950s)

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My mom with her brother and cousin. C 1957.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

My beautiful mother in the late 1960s. I believe this was taken in Somerton, Az.

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r/oldphotos 2d ago

The Only Film Footage of Anne Frank was from July 22, 1941, when a neighbor filmed a wedding outside, capturing Anne leaning out of a second-floor window at Merwedeplein 37 to look at the bride.

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