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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: ellvera on Tuesday 23 April 13 08:10 BST (UK)
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Hello
This is the other photo rescued from the basement - this one has been taken with the glass still on because it was stuck in places :(
Hoping you can work your magic again.Also an estimate of the date would be good.The young boy was born in 1902,not sure if that is some kind of uniform he is wearing, and the girl 1897,so I'm guessing she is about 12 or 13?
Thankyou
Barbara
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Starter for you:
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one from me
Cheers
Maureen
The Scribbly Bark Poet
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one from me
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I think the girl may be more 15 - 17 and the boy between 10 - 12 so would say between 1912 and 1914.
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one from me in original tone and a b/w version..,Tommy
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Agree with George...the lady's hairstyle is a bit passé but that high-waisted skirt was fashionable just before the war.
Cheers,
China
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Awesome - another collection of great restores.Thanks so much ;D
Now that I think about it ,it must be pre WW1 because I know the eldest son left for Australia after the enlistment roll was published and was on the Military Defaulters list here in NZ -but he'd tried to enlist in Aussie and was turned down for medical reasons.
Hope I'm right in assuming he's the one sitting down?
Barbara
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The basement yields good things doesn't it!
Wiggy ;)
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Little bit of texture.
Do wish we could see all the photo on the page at once without making it too small ::)
- never mind!! :D
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The basement yields good things doesn't it!
It does indeed Wiggy ...............and there is still more to be unearthed.Photos my friend knows existed.
All in good time ;)
Thankyou for these two,I rather like the textured one :)
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Hi Barbara....One from me.
Carolyn :)
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Thankyou Carolyn,that's lovely ;D
Wish I could claim this as my family.The daughter looks very much as my friend did at the same age :)
Barbara
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Hi Barbara
A version from me - had to make it small and compress it to fit!
Gadget
(The young boy looks as if he's wearing a Scouts/Cubs uniform)
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Thanks Gadget, for your efforts.This is my favorite of the two photos I have posted for my friend.
We are going to take your advice about printing (from the last thread) and go to the photography shop in town ,rather than try and print them ourselves.Presumably their paper and ink will be superior to anything we could buy.
Thanks again
Barbara :)
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think you are right about the younger boy being in some sort of uniform Gadget! I had that impression too. Was wondering about Boys Brigade - just from the 'colours'. In Australia they wore navy blue, with white ties. (anyone know when Boys Brigade began? - just googled - they started in 1883 in Glasgow, and within a decade were in Aus also.)
Wiggy
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think you are right about the younger boy being in some sort of uniform Gadget! I had that impression too. Was wondering about Boys Brigade - just from the 'colours'. In Australia they wore navy blue and white. (anyone know when Boys Brigade began?)
Wiggy
Yes,Wiggy, forgot to mention that.Boys Brigade started in NZ in 1889 -didn't think it looked like scouts.They were a "nautical" family and I know his father and uncles were naval cadets or something like that as children.
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The reason that I thought cubs/scouts was that it looked like my old Brownie uniform - have a pic of it somewhere but wouldn't dream of posting it - I'm pulling a daft face :-X
The bloke 2nd left is quite handsome - but he looks as if he knows he is ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D Does doesn't he.
The tie does look squared off like Brownie ties - but I don't know that the cubs wore squared ties did they?? Anyhow I think the bottom of his tie is hidden.
Reckon Barbara might be correct - maybe a naval cadet!
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The reason that I thought cubs/scouts was that it looked like my old Brownie uniform - have a pic of it somewhere but wouldn't dream of posting it - I'm pulling a daft face :-X
The bloke 2nd left is quite handsome - but he looks as if he knows he is ;D
Ha! I have an equally lovely photo of me in my brownie uniform which will never see the light of day ;)
The bloke you mention went on to have eight children and a happy marriage -it was the one sitting down who was unlucky in love and became involved in several bigamy cases - though he wasn't the guilty party.
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If they were a nautical family, could it be sea scouts.
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If they were a nautical family, could it be sea scouts.
Could be.I just looked at my notes and Henry and his brothers volunteered to join the newly formed Naval Brigade in Wanganui in 1882.Quite possible that they were the forerunners of the modern sea scouts.
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One from me too ...
Poll :)
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Thankyou Poll for another lovely restore ;D
I forgot to say -the girl is my friend's grandmother ,who married the young man in the other basement bargain :)
Barbara
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You're welcome Barbara...it always nice to know a bit about the people in the photos that we try to restore....when you spend a while working on them ..one sometimes feels one gets to know them in an odd sort of way . ;)
Poll :)