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Photographs of Ancestors - we all want them, some of us are lucky enough to have them. Learn how to date these old photos. Share your ancestor photos . NOTE: Do not upload photos wider than 500 pixels. See "Uploading Photos to the Group" for help.
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Helpful Information - Please Read Before Posting to the Group
Uploading Photos to the Group
PLEASE upload photos in the DISCUSSION FORUM and not the COMMENT WALL. All questions, queries, and ancestor photos should go in DISCUSSION. It's easier to keep track of answers, and it helps all of us to help each other.Photos being uploaded to this group are stretching and are not displaying properly. The solution is to RESIZE your photo before you upload. I use IRFANVIEW which is a free graphic program. But you can use any program you like.
Open your photo, and RESIZE it so that the width is no more than 550 pixels. Make sure the aspect ratio is set and that way the length will resize automatically. Click SAVE (I like to SAVE AS a new file so I still have the original) and then upload the smaller image (550 wide) to this group. Your photo will then display as it should without the stretching
How to Date an Ancestor Photograph
Click on the links below to read details of the tips and hints for dating ancestor photographs. More tips will be added over the next few weeks.Hints For Dating an Ancestor Photograph
Corners From 1859 on, CDVs had square cut corners. From 1872 on, corners were rounded... (continue reading)
Using Revenue Stamps to Date Photographs
In the United States, an act of Congress passed on June 30, 1864 added a new tax on all "photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes or any ... (continue reading)
Examples of Photographs
Click on the links to see examples and read descriptions of old photographs. The description includes tips and techniques you can use to date your own photographs.9th Plate Tin Type
This is a 9th plate TinType, hand coloured, and... (continue reading)
CDV with 2cent George Washington Orange Revenue Stamp
Example of a CDV taken between 1864 and 1866.... (continue reading)
Carte de Visite March 1867
This is a gorgeous example of fashion in 1867.... (continue reading)
Civil War Era CDV
Example of a pre-1872 CDV with square corners which have been cut to fit into a photo album.... (continue reading)
Discussion Forum
another one
Started by Pam Shakespeare. Last reply by Pam Shakespeare Sep 17, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Wendi Beck on July 23, 2009 at 3:04pm
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Going through my grandparents house when we first moved into the old family home was a photographic treasure of insanity... out of 4 old gift boxes of pictures I may have found 10 total that had writing on them, and some of those were generic things like Lincoln's boy with the neighbor kids or The kids in the front yard. How do you keep from going insane and manage to figure out the people in the pic when timeperiod is a little hard to determine?
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Comment by Katie H on July 23, 2009 at 7:42am
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Stacye - I don't know why that's not working. I already have it set at public.
Try this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3738342134_b3210783ef_b.jpg
I really appreciate your help.
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Comment by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on July 22, 2009 at 5:05pm
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Khathu - do you have information on the size of the photo? The type of backing - is it thick, thin? Is the photographer info on the front? The back? What does it say? What is the logo like if there is info on the back?
All these help to date photographs, and once you have narrowed it using the answers to these questions, you start looking more closely at the fashions.
You might want to read the hints for dating ancestor photos at the top of this group, it explains in more detail what you are looking for.
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Comment by Khathu on July 22, 2009 at 2:25pm
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I was just able to confirm that the photo is of my ggg grandparents so it was definitely taken before Isaac died in 1893.
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Comment by Stacye Mehard on July 22, 2009 at 2:19pm
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Kathu
I'm assuming this photo would have been taken post civil war since it appears to be a man/wife photo?? Do you know ?
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Hopefully this works.
I believe this is a picture of my great great great grandparents Isaac and Adelaide (Brumby) Haynes. The picture was mostly likely taken in Centerville, Leon County, Texas.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance in dating this picture.
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katie ~ The password protection feature on flickr is activiated for your photo. If you look directly underneath the photo there is a link which says "everyone can see this picture".
Try clicking through to that so (maybe) we'll get to see it. I'm on Flickr myself so if that doesn't work I can friend you on Flickr then I can see it.
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Cyndi - This is an early 1850s style dress and bonnet. I'd make a stab at 1850-1855, leaning more towards the later part of those 5 years.
The question is, since this is an elderly woman, was she dressing in a style from her youth? Or was she wearing clothes long out of style, perhaps not wanting (or caring!) to buy new?
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Comment by Cyndi Rutledge on July 20, 2009 at 5:35am
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Trying my Sally Warren Wood again--resized!
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Cyndi - Can you please resize your photo and upload again so it doesn't stretch out of shape? See my instructions above the Discussion Forum area. It looks like a lovely photo but we need to see it clearly:-)
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