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William Taylor was born in 1853 and died in 1928. I would appreciate any help in dating this photograph and also if anyone has any suggestions as to how it might have been taken, as it was not in a studio, but looks like it was outside his house. He was not a wealthy man and worked in the brickfields, so perhaps a photographer may have called at the houses to take and sell photographs? I know this happened in the 1930s, but did it happen earlier? There seems to be a woman behind him in a doorway and a bicycle. Thank you for your help.

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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #1 on: Monday 07 October 19 22:55 BST (UK) »
I would say about 1920.
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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #2 on: Monday 07 October 19 23:52 BST (UK) »
Bear in mind that the Box Brownie - a very cheap camera - had been in mass production since 1900.
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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #3 on: Monday 07 October 19 23:55 BST (UK) »
I have photos of my 'poor, mining families' having similar outdoor photos taken from early 1900s.  Travelling photographers were around from the 1860-70s.

Re the date - guessing  1918-1925

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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 07:31 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your replies. 1920 would make him 67 and living in Brown's Yard, Uxbridge. I do wonder if he might be a little younger than that, but I'm very bad at guessing ages :-)

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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 09:16 BST (UK) »
I've just had a thought. If the photo was 1910 and the woman behind him is in a wedding dress, then the photo could have been taken to mark his daughter's wedding day. Does anyone think there is enough information in the shadows to see more of what is in the background? I just see a lady in white, and possibly another man beside her!

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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 09:43 BST (UK) »
The woman looks as if she's wearing an apron.
I'm going to look at my books as the man is wearing a soft collar. I think that they were nearer our dates.
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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 09:50 BST (UK) »
I've looked through my books and I can't see any collars  and ties like this until the dates that Carol and I have mentioned.

Added - are you sure this is your GGGF?
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Re: Please help to date this photograph of my GGGF William Taylor from Botwell
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 08 October 19 10:08 BST (UK) »
A clip of the background figure, enlarged and very fuzzy!
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