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Title: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: medhist on Saturday 23 January 10 12:32 GMT (UK)
Could any let me know whether these are  the same person please?  I know the identity of the older one with the moustache but not the other.  The were both taken in the same area.  Any help appreciated please?
Thanks
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: Finley 1 on Saturday 23 January 10 12:37 GMT (UK)
uhm   for once I cant immediately tell ???  sorry

xin
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: arman73 on Saturday 23 January 10 12:45 GMT (UK)
they look quite similar and it is always harder when one is a full frontal and the other an angled but I would hesitate to say no they are not the same person. To me the face shape seems a little different as does the nose.
But I could be wron  :)

Amanda
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: arman73 on Saturday 23 January 10 12:46 GMT (UK)
then again, the more I look the more I think maybe they are LOL :D their ears seems quite similar
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: medhist on Saturday 23 January 10 12:48 GMT (UK)
Thanks. All the pics I have of the second have a moustache and/or a soldier's cap so difficult to know.
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: Finley 1 on Saturday 23 January 10 13:03 GMT (UK)
on reflection!!! maybe yes 

xin
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: behindthefrogs on Saturday 23 January 10 13:10 GMT (UK)
Would dating the photographs give you a better clue.  My initial reaction is that while there are only a few years between the ages of the two men,  the photographs could be twenty years apart.  It is however difficult to tell without seeing the full borders and knowing what is on the back of them.  An expert on clothing might also help to date them.

David
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: medhist on Saturday 23 January 10 13:17 GMT (UK)
Thanks.  The back of the younger man is pasted below. The other has a plain back.  A picture dated 1900 of him in uniform may help?
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: arman73 on Saturday 23 January 10 13:46 GMT (UK)
If this a later one of the younger man, then I would probably say they are not the same person  :)

Amanda
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: behindthefrogs on Saturday 23 January 10 13:52 GMT (UK)
The back is rather confusing.  I would think it is probably 1890s although it is not typical of that period.  The layout is 1880s but the printing looks later.

David
Title: Re: Are these two men the same person?
Post by: chewboy on Saturday 23 January 10 16:48 GMT (UK)
Hi Had a look at Photolondon for Travers and found this.

Travers, Charles George Theodore

Born 1823. Date of death unknown.
Biography

Travers, Charles George Theodore
Born in Dover 1823.
Christened July 11 1825 in Clapham.
Md Ann (b Eton 1832).
1861: photographer living at 4 Bedford Place, Clapham Rise, Lambeth.
NB. Alfred Mason Scriven photographer at 8 Bedford Place.
Date of death unknown.


He is the only Travers

Marriage Jun Quarter 1859  Lambeth 1d   381 Judd    Ann     Travers    Charles George Theodore

Deaths Sep Quarter 1861   Lambeth 1d   267 Travers    Charles George Theodore       

Was unable to tie him into Upton Park, but someone else may be able to.

Mark :)