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Offline PrueM

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Re: Tidy up and date
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 28 March 09 09:58 GMT (UK) »
Second pic definitely 1920s as Gadget says  :)  A lovely photo, too.

The first picture is more difficult because the couple is older and probably not up to date with their clothes...is the photo stuck to card at all?  Is there anything on the card, either front or back?  Printed photographer's name etc?
My guess is that it's probably 1880s or 90s, but it really is hard to tell.  I love the cocky - I've had a flock of them screeching in my paddock this afternoon, hanging upside down in the big gum tree and flapping their wings  ;D

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Re: Tidy up and date
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 29 March 09 03:34 BST (UK) »
Hi Prue

Unfortunately there is nothing markings on the photo and it is just the photo-no card. I'm not sure if it is a copy, but it has been hidden away in a tin for at least 20 years, when my auntie died, and I'm not sure where she found it.

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Re: Tidy up and date
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 29 March 09 05:24 BST (UK) »
Ah, I can see now that it's printed with a white border...that means it is probably a reprint of an earlier photo.  Looks like this version was printed in the 1930s-50s or something, by the look of the texture on it.

I'll probably stick with my guess of 1880s-90s for when it was originally taken  :)
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