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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Darwin on Wednesday 13 December 23 18:09 GMT (UK)
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Please could someone date this photograph and possibly give an age for the 2 women in front?
many thanks
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It looks Edwardian (1901-1910) and the two ladies in the front appear to be in their 20s.
Gadget
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Thank you for the reply. I appreciate your help.
If possible, I'm hoping that one of the fashion experts here could give me a more precise estimate of date. I think the photo is not later than 1906 due to death dates but I could be wrong.
I'm also wondering if the fashion worn by the woman at bottom left suggests she's younger than the others?
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Thank you for the reply. I appreciate your help.
If possible, I'm hoping that one of the fashion experts here could give me a more precise estimate of date. I think the photo is not later than 1906 due to death dates but I could be wrong.
I'm also wondering if the fashion worn by the woman at bottom left suggests she's younger than the others?
If you check, I am one of the 'fashion experts', along with Jim and Carol.
I dated it as Edwardian and 1906 would be in that period.
:)
Note - the women were wearing different styles which makes it more difficult to put an exact year on the photo.
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Thank you - I didn't know you were also a fashion expert. I apologise if I've offended you.
Perhaps I'm being too ambitious with my question but I'm going by some dating Jim did for me a few years ago when he dated something within 2 years due to the collars of the men and sleeves of the women.
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My photo books show images of men wearing that particular neck wear throughout the decade but not in the very earliest years.
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Here is an online link
https://jayneshrimpton.co.uk/blog/how-to-date-old-photographs-from-fashion-part-2-early-20th-century-photographs-edwardian-first-world-war/
If you scroll down the page, you'll find a photo of a man wit a similar collar dated 1907 anda group of men wearing such collars in 1912.
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Thank you for your help - I'll take a look at the link.
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Agree with Gadget this is around mid decade.
The large loose sleeve was a short lived style around
this time so 1905-7.
The one on the left appears to be married.
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Thank you very much.
I'm also looking for an opinion on the young woman bottom left. Is it possible she's quite young, given the different neckline she's wearing? Mary Hooppell (the mother in the middle) only had 3 daughters so I'm trying to establish which one wasn't hers.
Her daughters were born in 1871, 1880 and 1882. Her eldest daughter didn't marry and died in 1906.
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The woman sitting next to the older lady, the one behind her & the one
in front right have very similar facial features so I would say these are the
3 daughters taken just before the eldest one died.
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Thank you Jim - that's how it looks to me too.