Restoration Please - 1908 Photo

[David Posnett]

Oh that looks great, thanks japeflakes!

[Niksmum]

one from me

Irene

[David Posnett]

Very nice Irene, thank you.

I'll get them all printed off, thank you all.

[terry h]

Couple from me.

Terry

[David Posnett]

Wow, I can now see my gran a little clearer.  Thank you. It is amazing to think that she died aged 103 this year, and I have a pic of her aged 3 months old.  Humbling somehow.

[terry h]

You are very welcome, it's a lovely photo..... and I'll bet your gran had some great memories and stories for you after 103 years 

Terry

[saddles]

Hi David........Another to add to the list.

Carolyn 

[David Posnett]

It's amazing how different the picture looks with a frame, thank you Carolyn.

I wonder what sort of price the photo would have cost at the time.  There are 2 or 3 others taken at the same time, of the parents both together and individually.

[chinakay]

Photos were affordable, and often ordered in sets of multiples. There's a very nice post on the subject here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,430761.msg2953509.html#msg2953509

The photos were often distributed to friends as well as family....before the days of government-run welfare services, friends and family were hugely important. The original "social networking" This causes no end of confusion to us family researchers today....someone will post a photo for dating in hopes of figuring out which ancestor it was. But it may not be a relative at all.

Cheers,
China