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r/OldSchoolCool (about 19.7M members, directory rank #42) celebrates history's cool kids in photos and videos. Neighbouring history rooms cover ordinary life and discussion.
Stay on OldSchoolCool for cool photos of people in the past. Use TheWayWeWere for everyday life long ago, history for discussion and articles, Colorization for colorized black-and-white photos, and 100yearsago for events of a century ago.
r/OldSchoolCool — OldSchoolCool: History's cool kids, looking fantastic
/r/OldSchoolCool History's cool kids, looking fantastic! A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers. And everything in between. If you've found a photo, or a photo essay, of people from th…
The Way We Were
When to choose it: You want to show ordinary everyday life 50 or 100 years ago.
Why it is here: Public description: everyday life in old photos and documents (about 1.7M members, rank #641).
How it differs from r/OldSchoolCool: Everyday life versus cool style.
History
When to choose it: You want to discuss history, not just share a photo.
Why it is here: Listed as related. Public description: discussions about history (about 18.8M members, rank #45).
How it differs from r/OldSchoolCool: Discussion versus photo sharing.
Colorization - The colorization of old black & white photos
When to choose it: You colorized a black-and-white photo.
Why it is here: Listed as related. Public description: sharing black-and-white photos you colorized (about 1.4M members, rank #773).
How it differs from r/OldSchoolCool: Colorizing craft versus cool photos.
Things that happened exactly 100 years ago
When to choose it: You are interested in events of a century ago.
Why it is here: Public description: a community started to follow World War I day by day (about 2.5M members, rank #441).
How it differs from r/OldSchoolCool: Specific era coverage versus photos.
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