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Title: Dating my two dear little old ladies please
Post by: acookey on Friday 02 April 10 23:16 BST (UK)
Hi all

Can anyone date this photo please.  Its not very clear as it has come to me via email and I have tried to make it a bit brighter.  The two women have been identified but I am not sure as one of them died in 1898, so that is why I would like a dating.

Many thanks

Acookey
Title: Re: Dating my two dear little old ladies please
Post by: chinakay on Saturday 03 April 10 01:37 BST (UK)
Mmmmm...doesn't look like pre 1898 to me, although it's hard to make out detail...I'd say quite a bit later than that :P

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Dating my two dear little old ladies please
Post by: jim1 on Saturday 03 April 10 11:06 BST (UK)
My thoughts also China...this looks like a snapshot or at the very least a postcard,so 20th.C.

jim
Title: Re: Dating my two dear little old ladies please
Post by: acookey on Saturday 03 April 10 23:14 BST (UK)
Thank you China and Jim,

I have cropped out all the irrelevant detail of the garden, and tried to make the photo clearer.  From the clothes, anyone hazard a guess at the date?

In the emailed version I received, which was quite high resolution, you can see the sides of the photo and a crease on the bottom rh corner.

Were there any cameras around before 1900 and the Box Brownie?

Regards

Acookey
Title: Re: Dating my two dear little old ladies please
Post by: PrueM on Saturday 03 April 10 23:47 BST (UK)
I think it's a snapshot too, and therefore likely to date from about 1910-1920 or so.  Probably Ww1 era.
There were of course cameras prior to the box brownie, but only for professionals or very enthusiastic amateurs!