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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: tuppence_123 on Wednesday 02 November 16 19:44 GMT (UK)
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Could you please date this photo, and also the approximate age of the child. I think it is possibly a photo of my great grandmother Edith Stirrup (nee Stent). I've also included a copy of the details from the back.
Many thanks,
Cathryn
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Not really my area, but judging by the fairly comprehensive information on this website ... LINK (http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNDonovan1.htm).... it would put it at around 1882. I would say that she was 3-4 years of age.
I have done a minor tweak of this lovely photo...
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I would say 3 at most.
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I would agree about 4 years of age.
The photo is a bit earlier than 1882.
The card makers MIP coded their cards from 1880 & this one isn't. The design is a late 70's style so I would suggest a date of 1878-80 so a child born C.1875/6 I would say.
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My guess would be four years old too.
Carol
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Hmm...this poses a problem. I'm assuming the photo is that of a girl. I thought it might have been Edith, who was born in 1880, and is the only one I know of in the family born around that time. Her husband was born in 1876 (but surely this isn't a boy??) and he had a sister born in 1878 but she died in 1880. Also, that side of the family lived in Blackburn, whereas Edith's lived in Hampshire. The link provided by HandyPandy has the back of a carte de viste the same as this one which says it is from around 1882, so I thought I was on the right track with it being Edith.
This child is definitely someone from the family. We have a photo of my mother taken at about the same age and she is the spitting image right down to the hairstyle (when I first saw this old photo I thought it was my mother in dress up!), and photos of my sister at the same age are also identical. Some more investigating to do, I think.
Cathryn
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It could quite possibly be a boy I think...
I have old family photographs of boys in lace petticoats etc. I think it was quite commonplace until they were about 5 or so.
Romilly.
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If it was a boy I would expect the child to be wearing boots and black socks.
Carol
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If it was a boy I would expect the child to be wearing boots and black socks.
Carol
Just looked, - and my late Uncle appears to be wearing white socks and white shoes in a pic taken in 1897, when he was 3.
Romilly.
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Maybe it is a boy then...I'm happy to be proved wrong if it helps Cathryn identify the child...she has two options...go for Jim's date estimate and it's a boy...or the website's estimate and it's a girl...but the website link from HP does say "Around 1882" and dating old photos isn't an exact science and there will always be the exception to the rule. The child could be anywhere between 3 & 5 years old...we are only offering our best guess.
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Carol
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Thank you for the various thoughts.
I certainly wasn't casting any criticism!
As I said, I'll have to do some more investigating. Possibly my great grandfather's family took a trip to Brighton - they don't appear to have been struggling money-wise, but would they have gone there from Blackburn as opposed to Blackpool for what I presume is a seaside holiday? Maybe there's a girl cousin to one of my great grandparents lurking around who I haven't discovered yet?
Cathryn