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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: BristolClark on Wednesday 20 March 24 12:30 GMT (UK)
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A recent distant cousin questioning the validity of a family photo got me re-examining other photos I have "collected" over the years doing family research.
The following two photos were the results of googling the names of 'Frederick William Cooper' and 'Rose Chesterman.' I may have added other queries with that, but this being 12 years ago now, I have forgotten. I do recall it was an independent website centred around genealogy, and that the names, dates and locations all corresponded, so I thought this a great find. I never got a response from the website owner, so just plowed on thinking I was correct.
However, recent validity of other photos has made me look at these photos with a newly critical eye. Frederick was born 1870 and died 1940. Rose was born 1871 and died 1947. Both in Oxford.
I suppose these photos to be of older origin, and I can't shake the feeling these two are American and not English looking dress wise.
Any help and advice would be appreciated.
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Pic. 1 is around mid 1900's
Pic. 2 looks like the same woman a few years older
so possibly just pre war.
There's nothing to suggest these are from the USA.