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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Lones on Monday 03 May 10 19:51 BST (UK)
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Hi Folks :)
I have had such a wonderful day yesterday, two parcels of original family photo's arrived in the mail....Yahoo!!! I am so excited I could burst. I have never seen most of these pics or some of the people in them at all, so really great stuff.... But some of the pics are identified incorrectly, some I know, but some I have no idea, so I am turning to you for help.... (yep, that's where you come in...) I have had a copy of this pic for ages, I was told it was my Great Aunt Lotte (Charlotte), but yesterday another better copy arrived, with the following on the back
Charlotte Smith
Jess Smith
Kate Smith
So is it Lotte or Kate or perhaps even Jess, but I believe Jess had dark hair!!. I have the wedding pics of both Lotte and Kate, so am posting for comparision. Lotte is on the left, Kate is on the right and the new pic is below
Thank you for your time, I do hope we can solve this. There is a family resemblance between the girls. I will also post a later pic of Kate too, when she is a few years older
Cheers in advance for any help... I have to go now to drool over all my lovely new treasures..... ;D ;D
I may have to post some more later, as some of the pics are only labelled Smith girls and I may need your help again, sorry :-\.
Lones :)
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Hi Lones ;D
My tuppence worth, but I think 1 and 3 are a match, and 2 and 4 match, so I guess that means I'm saying the one in the centre is Lotte, if I've read your post correctly.
I should add, there is a very strong resemblance between them, but 1 and 3 appear to have the same thicker upper lip and their overall expressions match if that makes sense, while 2 and 4 eyes match more to me and both those pics have for want of a better word "softer" expression to them.
Cheers
Caz
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Hi Lones
I agree with Caz, the new piccie is of Charlotte - same eyes and mouth, etc.
The lower photo of Kate is also the same as the Kate on the right but not at all the same as the new photo.
Sounds a bit double Dutch - hope you get what I mean ;D
Gadget
(PS - I now see why it took ages to post - we were both posting at roughly the same time ;D
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Thanks Cazz :)
2 and 4 are definatley the same, that is Kate, she is older in 4 than in 2.
I too think 3 is Lotte, that is what I was told originally, but these new photo's threw me out and I started to worry.
They are both beautiful women, must be where I get it from ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I have some others I might post too, just to get your opinion. There are pics that I have never seen before and I have one sister I have no pics of, so hopefully she is one of them.... I now have pics of all five brothers.. Yahoo the last one arrived in this lot, I have been searching for him for ages. He died in WWI and no one had a pic of him, but I do now... So now I only have to find Adeline Jesse and I have all nine children.
Thanks for you opinion, I value it
Cheers
Lones
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Hi,
For my 2 cents, I think it is Kate as per the back of the photo.
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Hi Gadget
Sorry our posts must have crossed. Thank you, you have confirmed what I think too. I was sure it was Charlotte, but then they threw me with the whole Kate bit.
I am glad it is Charlotte, now I have 2 pics of her.
Less than a month till I am in your part of the world, I hope the weather is nice.. ;D
Cheers
Lones
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Hi Jamsuzsar
Well that throws a spanner in the works :-\, any reason you think so? I thought Kate had a sharper nose.
Thanks for your opinion, I appreciate all views
Cheers
Lones :)
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Hi Lones
1 & 3 are Lottie & 2 & 4 are Katie.
Joy
You'll be in Sotland before me ;D ;D
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Hi Joy :)
Yep, you can take the high road and I'll take the low road... ;D
I will email you when I am leaving and we can arrange to meet for that cuppa...
Thanks for your input, I really want it to be Lotte. Both ladies died fairly young, leaving small children. No one living remembers either of them sadly.
Lones
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Hi Lones
I do not usually comment on posts put just thought I would make an observation. Both myself and my wife have looked at these pictures quite a few times and although it seems quite obvious that 2 and 4 are indeed the same person and that all of them have a similar look, could it be possible that number 3 is another sister!!!!!
Number 3 seems to be a cross between 1 and 2. Hope I am not confusing things further, it is just my opinion.
Kind Regards
Brian
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Hi Brian :)
Thank you for your opinion and yes it is possible, there is the elusive Adeline Jesse or Auntie Jess as she was known. I have no pictures of her at all, but I did believe she had dark hair, but that could be unture... Sadly I don't know if anyone still alive actually knew her so I can't ask anyone. I have other pics that I received this week and I was hoping she was one of those, but you could be right.
I shall never be able to be really sure, unless the pic turns up agian with another relative and is nicely labeled on the back. The fact that this one has so many names crossed off was the reason I didn't take their word for it... Someone was confused.. :) and now they have confused me ::)
Thanks again for your input, I really do appreciate it
Warm regards
Lones :)
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Hi Lones,
My reasons for my pick is shape of eyes, set of eyes, tip of nose and distance of nose to lips. Had another look and still see her the same way.
Jam
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Thanks for your opinion Jam
It looks like I still have a mystery on my hands, lots of different opinions and nothing really conclusive
Cheers for your time
Lones :)