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tidy up please

Would appreciate if someone could do anything with this photo...

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...it's one that's been handed down. It's supposedly my great aunt with 3 of her children and it's in a bit of a state. I've been trying to match the children to guess the year but not certain. Possibly just pre WWI.

Thanks.
 
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Would appreciate if someone could do anything with this photo...

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...it's one that's been handed down. It's supposedly my great aunt with 3 of her children and it's in a bit of a state. I've been trying to match the children to guess the year but not certain. Possibly just pre WWI.

Thanks.
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Thank you Jonob and oldMohawk, amazing stuff. I had to look at the original again to see where the fold was.

Very much appreciated.
 
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hi folks...would appreciate it if anyone could tidy this one up for me also looking at the dress any ideas of the date it could have been taken...many thanks

lyn

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many thanks mike and mort...looking good...any guesses please as to the date it was taken and would you say the lady was wearing a wedding ring...

lyn
 
these are all great thanks phil...now all i need is a rough date...looks edwardian era to me

lyn
 
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My go. No guess with the date I'm afraid. Is there any info as to who the photographer was? If it was taken professionally - and it was - we might get a date from the photographer's name. Yes I would say she's wearing a wedding ring.

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many thanks knobbydave...i will find out if there is a photographers name on it

lyn
 
Hi Lyn, after browsing the internet I definitely think the ladies hairstyle is more Edwardian than Victorian. The flat crown and fullness at the front seems typical. Here are some pictures I found:
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many thanks pen great help... that is what i thought also the collar on the boy looks edwardian to me...edwardian era i think was from 1901 to 1910

lyn
 
Yes Lyn. I do think that the fashions lasted longer though especially in view of the fact that WW1 started. She does look early Edwardian to me though - there's something about the picture and her dress. Who is she?
 
hi pen yes i guessed that the fashion maybe lasted a bit longer but i agree it does look early to middle edwardian...she is a rellie of a friend of mine...we are just trying to date it to pin down who the baby and the young lad are...as in so many cases nothing written on the back :rolleyes:

lyn
 
I was left our Woolley family album with approximately 80 photos inside. I scanned them all and put them onto discs but I'm still trying to work out who some of the people are so I sympathise. Sometimes you can see a family likeness, or think you can, and have to hazard a guess from the census or other docs. Perhaps we should come back as detectives in another life!!
 
Can anyone repair this?

it's an old school picture of me, I'm guessing I'm about 5. Dad found it in a box of some of his old work papers a couple of years ago. He used to have it on his desk at work & it must have got picked up with the rest of his stuff & the box was is his shed for a decade of so & it's got creased & a little water damaged too. For some reason it's showing upside down even though it looks the right way up on my tablet....
 

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Repair plea part two...

Can anyone help with this?

the photo is in a bit better shape, but it looks like I drew all over it (possibly around the age I was in the picture in my previous post! The one edge has been cut off, nothing important missing.

My dad is the very blond chap standing up in the boat yelling at everyone to paddle faster (I think the other team were gaining!)

Any help greatly appreciated. These are beyond my capabilities.
 

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no you are not cheeky at all judi...we all try to help each other in many ways and it keeps us occupied...please post any old photos you want tidying up...all the best

lyn
 
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