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r/HistoryPorn. Exploring the past through historical photographs. Part of the SFW Porn Network


New rule about colorized photographs - Mod applications

All posts will be reviewed by a human moderator first before they become visible to all subscribers. So it is perfectly normal for your post to not show up in the new listing. If a post breaks one of our rules you will be informed about it.

Mod applications

Submission Rules

  • Include an accurate description of the photograph (event, location, war, year, etc) in the title.
  • Titles should not include commentary, opinion or information about the circumstances surrounding the person/event in the image. Please add commentary and supplementary information in the comments.
  • Titles should not include any political or cultural interpretation or observation.
  • Include the date of the photograph in the title.
    • If you cannot find the date after a concerted effort, then a rough estimate or simply saying unknown date will suffice.
  • Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title.
  • Posters, illustrations, compositions and postcards are not permitted. Please only submit historic photographs.
    • Videos, collections, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
  • Pictures of family members are not allowed in r/HistoryPorn unless they were taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event. Please consider submitting those images to /r/thewaywewere or /r/HumanPorn.
  • Images submitted here must be of historical events, taken at least 20 years ago.

  • Post Limit - Please limit your submissions to no more than two (2) per calendar day so as to give others a chance for their content to be seen as well!

  • Colorized photographs need to be tagged with [Colorized] and link to the original photograph in the comments.

  • Colorized photographs that take too many artistic liberties will be removed, this includes (but is not limited to) removing details or adding things like patterns on clothing that are not visible in the original.

  • Images that have been resubmitted within the last three months will be removed.

  • Make sure your image is hosted by an approved host.

  • Regarding reposts: it is not a repost unless it was posted to /r/HistoryPorn within the last three months, or if it's already in the top 100 of all time.

  • If you have any questions check out the FAQ.

  • Comment Rules

    • Personal attacks, abusive language, trolling or bigotry in any form is not allowed. This will be removed and can result in a ban.
    • Keep the discussion on-topic. Comments that do not directly add to the discussion will be removed and can also result in (temp) bans. Things not on topic are comments that, but are not limited to, solely consist of a joke, (political) soapboxing, etc.

    If you have any questions or feedback feel free to let us know!


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    Eddie Van Halen performs in San Diego (California, USA 1984) [2028x2867]

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    Actors Mickey Rooney, Jack Benny, and Orson Welles talk things over before going on the air in a recent broadcast here in connection with the March of Dimes for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis — 01/22/1940 [2686 x 3390]

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    Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov unveils his sketch of American astronaut Thomas Stafford during the first joint American-Soviet mission. July 17, 1975. [1656x1108]

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    A police officer and his dog riding a motorcycle circa 1930 [640x800]

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    Photo of Luisita Leers a famous German Circus Aeralist taken circa 1929. [491x700]

    Luisita Leers (1909-1997) was a prominent aerialist during the 1920s and 30s, who predominantly worked under the Barnum and Bailey Circus, performing at high profile venues like New York’s Roxy Thetre and Paris’ Cirque Medrano.

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    Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, practicing whit his wife in 1928. [2158x1448]

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    The monument, 'The Response' depicting the muster of the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers in 1914, being unveiled by the Prince of Wales in the Haymarket, Newcastle, in 1923. [840x977].

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    President Reagan and members of his staff, including vice president & future president Bush, presidential counselor Ed Meese & assistant James Brady, laughing & drinking champagne with CBS anchor Walter Cronkite, 1981 (1800x1189)

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    Khalid Abdul Wahab saved 25 Tunisian Jews during the World War II 1936 (291 × 330)

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    "On the glider airfield" by Ludwik Gronowski, who travelled through Wołyń and Galicja in 1930-1939, taking hundreds of photographs of the regions, 13 to 4 years before the 1943 Volhynia Genocide. [1920x1247]

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