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Title: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Friday 26 March 21 16:07 GMT (UK)
Can anyone suggest a date for this photo please? It is on a small glass plate 5 x 7 cms . I would also be very grateful if anyone could restore the photo. I believe the women in the photo are my Great Grandmother and her sister who lived in Scotland. Thank you.
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: Wiggy on Saturday 27 March 21 03:46 GMT (UK)
I think this is Edwardian - Gadget think so too!   ;D

Those wonderfully huge Hats are a giveaway we think!!

Wiggy
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Saturday 27 March 21 07:50 GMT (UK)
Thank you for your reply. My Great Granny was born 1855 so I suspect it's not her on the left in the photo if it was taken in the Edwardian era. It could be her daughter (my Grandmother) who was born 1889. The lady on the left is wearing a flower so perhaps it was taken at her wedding in 1913 when she was aged 24.
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: Wiggy on Saturday 27 March 21 08:02 GMT (UK)
Do not think it is of someone born in 1855.   :)

As to the second scenario . . . Hmmmmm    :-\     
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: McGroger on Saturday 27 March 21 08:24 GMT (UK)
My try. :)
Peter
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Saturday 27 March 21 08:29 GMT (UK)
A copy of the photo was sent to me recently by a relative so I don't have the original glass plate which the photo was on. It was suggested by my cousin that it could be my Great Granny born 1855 but I have have no evidence to support this. The lady on the left has a strong resemblance to a photo I have of my Granny so perhaps it's her and we originally got the wrong generation. All guesswork I'm afraid. Thank you for your help Wiggy.
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Saturday 27 March 21 08:33 GMT (UK)
Thank you for restoring my photo you've done a brilliant job McGroger
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: Neale1961 on Saturday 27 March 21 09:09 GMT (UK)
Could be mother (seated) and daughter. They certainly look as if they are related.
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: Treetotal on Saturday 27 March 21 10:05 GMT (UK)
I agree with Wiggy on date and I also think it could be Mother and Daughter.
Carol
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Saturday 27 March 21 11:27 GMT (UK)
My Great Grandmother died in 1902 aged 47. Would you rule out it being her on the right side of the photo going by dates/styles/age? Any thoughts? The mystery continues!
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: tomkin on Saturday 27 March 21 12:59 GMT (UK)
One from me :D :D :D
Title: Re: Help to date and restore photo which may be my Great Grandmother Hambley please
Post by: HOUSE2000 on Saturday 27 March 21 13:50 GMT (UK)
Thank you tomkin