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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Cazza54 on Friday 15 September 23 13:24 BST (UK)
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This photo is on thick card with a plain brown back. It has clearly been cut to fit in an oval frame.
I think it is probably my great or great great grandmother - Isabella either Taylor, Rutherford or Potts, all of Northumberland, depending on the date of the photo.
Thank you.
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I tried to make it more clear,it looks early 1901-1905
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I'd date the photo as post-WWI/1920s, and estimate the woman's age as mid twenties.
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I agree with Hollander and was also going to suggest 1920s/30s due to the hair style. Age difficult to guess … 23 - 26 ish?
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I would agree this is 1920's.
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What were the dates of their marriages? That would give a clue.
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Possibly early to mid 1920s.
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1920's I would guess.
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Beautiful lady
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Thank you very much for improving the image Loord74 - I failed to transfer it correctly.
Jaywit - Thanks for your suggestion - unfortunately the people I thought it might be were all married earlier than the dates suggested by most people (dates that I agree seem likely). My grandmother would fit with early 20s but I don’t think it’s her - so I am still a bit stuck! Am going to trawl through various photos and see if I can reach any conclusion. Will post on here if I get anywhere!
Malshie - I also think she looks lovely!
Many thanks for all your help and thoughts.
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Hi again I am now wondering if the original photo could be as far back as 1892? If so the woman might be my great grandmother Isabella Potts (nee Rutherford). I attach a couple of photos of her from 1929 and would be interested to know if anyone else thinks that might be the original person in the photo who was married in 1892. In one of these pics she is with my aunt aged about 4 and in the other with her husband who was once Superintendent of police in Newcastle upon Tyne. Thanks in advance for any opinions!
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The other photo…
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I'd say there is a distict possibility they are of the same person.
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Definitely the same person.. same dress, same way of holding her head.
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I think there is quite a strong likeness - apart from the colour, the hair looks similar, and her overall expression is much the same, apart from the head being inclined the opposite way, which could perhaps have been at the photographer's insistence rather than her natural posture.
However, if Isabella Potts (nee Rutherford) married in 1892, it's hard to square that with the dating suggested for the first picture. Did she have a daughter who married in the 1920s?
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I would say that all three photos look to have been taken in the 1920s, so not the same person.
Carol
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Arthurk- she did have a daughter who was married in 1920, my grandmother, but there is no resemblance - I am sure it is not her. The photo was clearly treasured and I assume my grandmother had kept it and then my aunt who I inherited it from. Maybe Isabella was ahead of her time in style by a couple of decades?! I don’t know!
Thanks again for all your opinions.
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Sometimes it's possible to identify a bride with the help of a newspaper report of the wedding, as these can give a description of the dress, bouquet etc. You'd need a list of possible suspects to work from, and then be fortunate enough to find such a report.
In a quick look I didn't spot one for either Isabella Rutherford or who I think may be your grandmother, but you might do better, and, of course, might have more names to look for.
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Arthurk - Thank you so much for looking! Very kind of you. Will report back if I have any luck!