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W Baker Photographer 110 Moseley Rd

BordesleyExile

BordesleyExile

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Can anyone advise me what dates W Baker was operating his photography business at 110 Moseley Rd, please? He was mentioned at this address in Kellys 1883, but by 1902 had moved to 150 Moseley Rd. He is not mentioned in Kellys 1867. The census does not help as Mr Baker ran his business from a different address to his residential location.
The relative who is the subject of this photo was born in 1842, but due to the softening of the photographic process it is difficult to determine her age in this picture. As she is wearing a bustle & fitted bodice I had wondered if the picture was taken in the 1880s, but dating by fashion is not my strength and clothes might be kept for many years anyway.
https://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/date/main.htm
 
Thanks, Shortie. This relative had 5 children & would not have been well off, judging by the addresses she lived at, so perhaps she had had the dress a while. This makes it all the more important to date the picture by the photographer's address. In the meantime I'll be searching for a good website on historical fashion. There must be one, though I have never found it.
 
Thank you very much indeed, Mike & Bren. The location dates are a real help as it at least gives the earliest years possible. The style of the jacket, with its close cut long sleeves & high neck looks more 1880s and I think my gg grandmother looks as though she might be in her early 40s. Taking all this into account I think the photo is likely to be 1883-1886. Julia lived in Warwick 1879-1891, so I'll never know why she had her photo taken in Birmingham.
 
Thanks LadyLinda. I would not have said Julia was 59 in the photo, even with the softening photographic techniques. W Baker's cards would have been about 6 or 7 years out of date so personally I would still date the photo as early to mid 1880s. You did well to track her down though on the meagre information I gave out! Yes, that is Julia on the 1901.
 
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