/r/HistoricPhotography
A discussion hub on historic photography
Welcome to Historic Photography!
This sub was created to bring together photograph collectors, enthusiasts, experts, and historians as a place to discuss the photograph as an artifact in a variety of ways!
What to post?
Post photos you come across through your ventures through the archives or elsewhere that pique your interest - and make sure to explain, "why is this photograph so interesting? Is it the skill behind it, the composition, the social implications, the scientific process used to create it?
Have you come across a photo in your research and want to know more about it? Feel free to open up discussions about particular photographs, photography movements, relevant things you're working on, etc.
When you are posting a photo, please try to provide a description of the photograph if you can which may include -
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I think the guy in the middle is the Irish writer James Joyce, but I’m not sure who the rest of the subjects are. Or what the significance of the photo is.
Honestly it almost looks “photo shopped”
Any detail or info is welcome.
I have a small photo arch9ives, of which many are Glass Plate negatives & Lantern Slides from app 1890-1930 as well as 35mm + from 1930-2000's in many genres and around the world. Let me know what history photos you are interested in and I can post or send to you. Thanks. info@photoarchives.ca
Hoping someone might be able to help me with an approximate date of a photo like this. I have two women in my family that shared the same name. One was born in 1882, the other in 1911.
This appears to me to be a cabinet-style photo, but it's paper, not thick cardboard like earlier cabinet photos (you can see that it's frayed and also has a tear up her left side.) Unfortunately I don't have access to the original photograph to examine it further.
Would you guess this could be a woman in her late 20s circa 1910, or a woman in her 20s circa 1930? I'd appreciate any help!
Hi all,
My husband and I have been trying to track down some information about this photo. This was Andrej and Stella Pacyna who immigrated from Poland. This is their wedding photo. Note the Hebrew in the top right corner. The family settled in Buffalo NY so it may have been there. Has anyone seen a photo like this or have any clues? Thank you!
Title explains it all, before I post photos I just want to ask, is it even possible to get a rough date from a photo negative based off of the material/format etc?
From what the subject matter supposedly is, I’d guess these are later 1800-early 1900s but I have no clue. If something like this is even possible I could post photos. Any help is amazing!
I love going over historic pictures so I just made a little compilation with music only