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Mavis

Mavis Report 14 May 2010 21:19

Thank you very much oldbean, Kath and Chris. I shall now go home and collect my photographs, and start using these web sites asap. Much appreciated...........Mavis

Chrissie2394

Chrissie2394 Report 14 May 2010 08:17

Hi Mavis,

Take a look at this site, htpp://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com

from what I understand Brett Payne is very good at dating photographs and I got the above from googling his name.

Good luck

Chris

Researching:
Photo is of my nan celebrating her 102nd birthday with her gt gt granddaughter.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 14 May 2010 00:21

If you have a look here:-

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/features/dating/1840s/index.html

Look down the left hand side of the page to where it says "photographs". There are photos of clothes from all the decades in the 19th and 20th century.

Kath. x

oldbean

oldbean Report 13 May 2010 23:27

Hi Mavis

Probably not much help in identifying what you need but one of my favourite sites for photos is The Francis Frith Collection-try googling it. Might just throw something up!!

Researching:
Brett, Sparkes, Stock, Bourne, Hulse, Doyle

Mavis

Mavis Report 13 May 2010 22:25

Please, can anyone recommend sites to discover the ages of people in old photographs or when they might have been taken, from either the style of their clothing, or in some cases from the length of time a studio photographer was in business......................Mavis