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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: mystcarrie on Tuesday 07 February 06 17:59 GMT (UK)
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This is not the original. Could someone please enlighten me as to a date of this photo. The fabric in the ladies dress throws me off. Also, any hints in the photo would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
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1850s
Certainly very early in photography terms. She seems to be wearing something approaching a crinoline, dropped shoulders on the dress with slightly fuller sleeves near the wrist, and his hair style. I suppose it could be 1860s if she is preserving her wardrobe! But no later (in my humble opinion).
Nell
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Well thank you so much Nell. Very interesting!. I have no idea who the photo is, only that it is family. I'm thinking that perhaps a date may help to indentify.
Any other takers????
Carrie
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A couple of these have been posted recently, so I'd say 1850-60. I wont say more because I know that when Prue sees it she will be able to give you some usefull info'. Plus, I wont feel a fool if I get things wrong.
Denn
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;D ;D ;D
Denn you're a dag ;D You can say what you want, you're usually right anyway! :)
Carrie, it looks like a "wet collodion positive on glass", sometimes known as an ambrotype. We had a discussion about them here: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,124597.0.html not long ago.
It probably dates from the 1850s-early 1860s...I'll have a better look at the clothes and get back to you if I can narrow it down a bit more!
Cheers
Prue
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P.S. It's almost definitely a wedding photograph - look at the way the lady is showing off her wedding ring, and it's been picked out in gold paint too.
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Thanks guys for the useful information. We perhaps narrowed it down to a wedding photo mid 1800's. I was thinking the fabric in the ladies dress rather odd for that time period. Would there be any hints in the fashion as to the country of origin?. :-\
I'm looking forward to what you might come up with Prue.
Carrie
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Hi Carrie,
This is a difficult one. Usually you can rely on the ladies to be the most up to date with their fashions, but in this case she's wearing a most unusual one-piece dress, apparently with no corset and no big petticoats or skirt frame. I think I can use the man's appearance though - full facial hair and the stiff little bow tie point to a late 1850s date.
I think I need to look at it some more to be more definite.
Do you know where it is probably from?
Prue
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probably totally wrong but it puts me in mind of mid 1800's America photographs for some reason they have a more "relaxed" formallity about them.
old rowely
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That's kind of what I was thinking, rowley - I notice carrie is from Canada so we could be right :D
Prue
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Yes you two are quite right. I am in Canada and would presume the photo was either taken in here or in England.
Thanks guys for all your help.