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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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    Weightlifter and actor Steve Revees in a stop of his US tour to promote health and fitness in the youth with Abbye Stockton in Hawaii, 1947 [1460x1128]

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    2024/11/06
    10:56 UTC
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    South African 'parabats' preparing for a Cuban/PLAN counterattack during their raid on Cassinga. Angola, 4th May 1978. [1024x632]

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    2024/11/06
    08:55 UTC
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    Inauguration of Ecuadorian President Abdalá Bucarama, along with his Vice President Rosalía Arteaga and Congress President Fabián Alarcón. Bucarama was removed from power 6 months later on grounds of insanity. 10 August 1996 [731x403]

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    06:43 UTC
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    Excavation team from the Jordanian Department of Antiquities, dispatched in February 1949, studying the first batch of the recently rediscovered Dead Sea Scrolls recovered from 'Cave 1' at Qumran [514 x 378]

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    Tomba of the Mamluks, Cairo 1890 [1368x911]

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    The take of Copacabana Fort, Rio de Janeiro. Apparently, this is the first photo of the Brazilian military coup in 1964. The author of this photo, Evandro Teixeira, passed away today. [640 x 488]

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    Sharon Tate and italian actress Barbara Bouchet at Playboy London Casino 1966 [960x669]

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    Ruins of Bezuidenhout, The Hague, 1945, after mistakenly being bombed by British planes targeting V2 rocket launch sites [Colourised] [2855x2884]

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    Australian soldiers disembarking in Singapore, 15th of August 1941 [Colourised] [2953x1963]

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    English swimming olympic team: (left to right) Bella More, Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs, Irene Steer, win gold at the 400 m, 15 of July of 1912. [2500x1733]

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    Commander Gerald Carr balances Pilot William Pouge atop his index finger during some free time aboard Skylab, the first American space station. February 1974. [1962x2943]

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    Early photograph of the Roman Temple of Bellona. The temple no longer exists. Taken by Louis Daguerre near Tossa De Mar, Spain, 1834. [1024x1004]

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    Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line activists invade the U.S. Embassy. Tehran, Iran. November 4, 1979 [797x600]

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    McDonald's crew poses for a photo, circa 1970, in Staten Island, N.Y. fast food venue. (1422 × 1102)

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    Russian Trading Station in Yakutia, circa 1904. [1024x707]

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    Hooded detainee Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh standing on a box with wires attached to his left and right hand; he was told by U.S. Army prison guards that he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box. Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq 4 November 2003 [1280 × 848]

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    2024/11/04
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    Cow Boys, Calgary. 1883 (720x534)

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    A War Veteran Looks at the Painting “Traces of War.” (1964), Moscow, Russian SFSR. Photograph: Sergey Lidov [801 x 1280]

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    Women vote for the first time after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, New York City, November 1920 [3070x2230]

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    Iranian-Marxist woman outside of US embassy after forced takeover, 1979. [822x1280]

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    Iranian National Comandos, posing infront of The colossal cave statue of Shapur I after the end of Iran Iraq war (1989) [1105 x 883]

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    2024/11/03
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    Future female Aviator Amelia Earhart with her sister Grace Muriel, Amelia is the one holding the sheep toy, 29 of December of 1899. [1200x1080]

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    Pan American Airways (Pan Am) flying boat terminal in Miami Florida circa 1940s [3600 × 2400]

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    Photo of Dina Sanichar, a feral boy discovered in a wolf's cave in India, 1867. [446x340]

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    The indigenous people of Siberia, the Koryaks and the Tungus watch a boys duel, 1901. [1024x693]

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    Flying Cars” Amusement Park Ride. The Drum Rotated And You Controlled A Brake In The Car. The Cars Would Go Completely Up And Over The Loop 1950's (700x868)

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    2024/11/02
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    Sergeant Gander - The dog mascot of the Royal Rifles of Canada who helped fight the Japanese in Hong Kong during WW2. He died saving his soldiers from a grenade, one of the best boys of all time. (Oct, 1941) [712 x 391]

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    President Eisenhower and Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan, June 1960 [1590 × 1100]

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    The peleton passes the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium during the 1960 Tour de France [2580 × 2595]

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    Incomplete prototype of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter, discovered by a U.S. Army infantry unit - at the Oberammergau complex in Bavaria, Germany, c. late April - May 1945. [1080 x 989]

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    22:52 UTC
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