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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: chrisscales on Thursday 17 April 14 10:10 BST (UK)
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Is anybody able to give a rough date for this photo? I'm not sure who the subjects are, so a date might help narrow it down... I haven't come across this style of card-backed print before but I'm sure somebody here might know. The size is approximately 10cm x 6cm, and the reverse is blank.
Many thanks
Chris
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I can't help you with a date but they are very cute little boys. Maybe someone can clean it up as well as date it for you.
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What you have is called a cabinet card.
Children are difficult to date & we usually get a better idea from the card details which are absent on this indicating it's a copy.
However I would suggest a date from WW1 & possibly into the v.early 20's.
jim
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I agree, this is possibly as late as 1930. Well dressed youngsters, not from working poor, despite the background. I did not realise that cabinet cards and cartes des visite were still in use that late. I suppose it's not a spoof?
Roger
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Not in use as late as 1930.
You'd be hard pressed to find any after the early 20's.
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Thanks Jim and Roger, gives me something to start with. I have a vague idea who it could be, need to check with some relatives - many thanks.
Chris
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The people I think it could possibly be are brothers born 1896 and 1898, is that possible? Guess that would make the original taken about about 1905-1910 judging by their age - but I guess it could be a later 'copy' (c1914-1921) of an older photo?
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Cleaned it up a bit, might help to date it. I reckon that those two boys look around the 6 & 8(ish) age. So if they are who you think they are, that would put the photo at your 1905 guess.
Craig.
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1905-10 is too early.
You need to look for births 1910 onward.
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The boys pants seem very short for such early dates.
My O.H. was a little boy in the early 1930`s and his pants were down to his knees on photographs.
My lads were in short trousers in the late 50`s and early 60`s and their shorts were also long by comparison .
I`d say perhaps the mid sixties ,although the background does look as if it was earlier.
They are lovely little boys, perhaps they had outgrown their pants and that is why they seem short. Hope you get it sorted. Viktoria.
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Cabinet cards went out of favour by early 1920's.
The boys have collar tabs on their shirts a style popular from WW1 & into the 20's hence the date I gave.
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Thanks everyone for your input - I'll let you know if I find out who it is.
Chris
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I thought their collars were ordinary soft collars and the boys were wearing tie pins underneath the ties which held the collar points close together under the tie.
Are you meaning the triangular points which turned over the tie on a stiff collar? I did not know children wore those.
But if that type of photograph was not used at the later date I thought then I must admit I know nowt about it! Viktoria.
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I think Jim 1 is right. Say 1920 - 1925. Fashion was for longer short trousers as time went on, until the 50's. I wore short trousers until about 1955, they were above knee level but longer than in the images subject of this Thread. Footballers shorts in the 50's were quite long referred to as 'short longs' or 'long shorts', no style whatsoever.