Photo dating help please

[Dallashandra]

Hi. could someone help me by trying to date this picture please?

I'd also be interested in your opinions as to whether the baby is a boy or girl!

Thanks

D

[chinakay]

Hi D...a lovely photo and what a shame it has been so badly treated

Kind of a tough one to date but by lightening it up a bit I can see the lady is wearing a skirt and blouse, so my guess for a date would be about 1900 or so, give or take maybe 3 years or so...just my opinion and you may get others. The baby...well, it's definitely either a boy or a girl, how's that for a pronouncement But I'm guessing it's a boy, no particular reason.

Cheers,
China

[Niksmum]

Hi there

One from me

Irene

[terry h]

And a tidy from me

Terry

[Dallashandra]

Thanks all,

Interesting date - my suspicion is that it was taken about 1902 or 1904, as the young child looks about 1. The elder child would then be his/her step-sister, aged either 9 or 11. I don't know whether the younger child is my grandfather or his sister.

Any other ideas?

D

[jim1]

The card stock looks black outer with gold embossed lettering which was typical of the 1890's.
I have to say her hairstyle looks a bit severe for 1900 and think this is around 1890.
Agree it's a boy though.
jim

[chinakay]

Yes, I agree the hair doesn't fit with the date, but the clothing does, and a skirt/blouse combo would be rare for the 90s...easier to be wearing retro hair than future threads

D, does an 1890s date fit?

Cheers,
C

[Dallashandra]

My logic is that my g-g-grandmother had a daughter, was widowed, remarried then had another family - explaining the gap in the ages of the children. That would put the photo at c 1902. G-g-grandmother would be 29, the older girl 10.

On the 1901 census the family are living near Newport in Shropshire - it looks like Newport on the card to me.

If the photo is early 1890s then I'd be looking at a generation back, but there's no convenient gaps between children ... not sure whether there's any basis in fact for this but it doesn't strike me as likely that a woman would have a photo taken with two randomly chosen children...

D

[chinakay]

Depends how ugly your own kids are, I suppose...

The 1902 date seems to fit well, then...

Cheers,
China