/r/ArchivePorn
Documents of historical note.
About
Images of historical documents 20 years or older. Letters, telegrams, ID, laws.
Submission Rules
- Unaltered photographs or scans of historic documents.
- Include the name of the document and some possibly context about the image in the title.
- Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title. Other allowed tags are [Album].
- Use the [OC] tag for your original content.
- Videos, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
- Host your original content [OC] images in Imgur or Minus.
- Using original sources for content is allowed.
- Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.
- If text is illegible please post a transcript in the comments.
- No racism or personal attacks. Basically follow the reddiquette.
Examples of Correct Submissions:
- U.S. Declaration of Independence [800x600]
- Scan of Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Adams [OC] [1024x768]
Historic Documents
- Documents must be at least 20 years old
- Documents must have some greater impact on history
- Do not submit personal documents
Please also visit /r/PropagandaPosters.
/r/ArchivePorn
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“Cross-section of a lead mine in Derbyshire, showing miners working towards an animal fossil. Lithograph by T. Webster after a sketch by Prof. Buckland. The original image is captioned: ‘Section of the cave in Dream Lead Mine near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1822’.” [2935x2343]
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2024/12/13
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Food menu card for French winery Moët et Chandon, 1909. [1225x1809]
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2024/11/24
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Svenska Amerika Linien dinner menu for the SS Stockholm on February 11, 1919. [3554x5859]
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2024/11/07
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“Coffin broadside printed to discredit presidential candidate, Andrew Jackson, who had approved the execution of mutinous militiaman, David Morrow, in 1815.” Printed in July 1828. [3024x4825]
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2024/11/04
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Paper ticket for Manhattan Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, October 1893. [3309x2186]
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2024/11/03
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Hand-drawn map of the Battle of Dallas in the state of Georgia, 1864. [1701x1629]
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2024/10/29
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“Fighting Serpents With Fire.” Engraving on paper by Philip Galle and Karel van Mallery, c. 1595. [3182x2488]
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2024/10/19
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Guest ticket to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, 1916. [4213x2287]
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2024/10/03
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Ulisse Aldrovandi's illustration of a ''Hippopotamus and a Nile Crocodile'',1646.[2785x4336]
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2024/09/13
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[Album] This incredible copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln will be on display at the Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair!
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2024/08/25
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[Album] The incredible items listed below will be on display at the Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair, coming to NYC on September 27th-29th at City College!
Highlights include:
★ An original printing of the Declaration of Independence from July 1776
★ The first public printing of the Constitution
★ The Bill of Rights printing as sent out to the states for ratification
★ George Washington's first Thanksgiving proclamation
★ Frederick Douglass' July 5th speech
★ Reports on the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments document
★ The Emancipation Proclamation SIGNED by Abraham Lincoln
★ A letter from Albert Einstein alerting President Franklin Roosevelt to the possibility of atomic bombs
★ Martin Luther King's speech at the March on Washington
★ Jesse Owens' 1936 Olympic gold medal
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2024/08/18
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Watercolor/ink painting of dragons, Italian, c. 1560-1600. [2144x3000]
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2024/07/25
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A sketch by Thomas Nickerson, a crew member of Essex, depicting a sperm whale attacking the ship which caused it to sink on November 20, 1820. The story inspired Herman Melville to write his famous 1851 novel Moby-Dick [700 × 539]
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2024/07/24
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Dinner menu of the steamboat Ruth while traveling on the Mississippi River from New Orleans to St. Louis, March 24, 1866. [6320x5060]
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2024/07/05
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Military medical leave decision (1918) [1200x547]
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2024/06/28
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Calculation of SS profit per concentration camp prisoner, undated WWII, museum collection [1080x1080]
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2024/06/18
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Grand Union Raffle ticket from the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, May 1864. [4436x2064]
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2024/05/22
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Ticket to the Magic Whirlpool attraction at the St. Louis World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. [2888x1556]
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2024/05/17
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Food menu from a steamboat named Missouri, American, January 10, 1847. [3972x9360]
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2024/05/13
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Receipt issued to Gabriel Paul for goods delivered to Auguste Chouteau and Benjamin Stephenson during their treaty negotiations with the Kickapoo Indians in June and July, 1819. [2272x1887]
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2024/05/10
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Menu for Queen Victoria's dinner at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 29, 1897. [1144x1822]
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2024/05/08
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Cotton handkerchief featuring a dinner menu for Maxim’s restaurant in Paris, France, May 1899. [2423x2349]
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2024/05/05
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Original food menu (left) and later partial English translation (from a 1929 exhibit, right) created by an eatery during the Siege of Paris, c. 1870-1871. [5301x4056]
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2024/05/02
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Original food menu (left) and later partial English translation (from a 1929 exhibit, right) created by an eatery during the Siege of Paris, c. 1870-1871. [5301x4056]
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2024/05/02
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