Image and Pose
Head & Shoulders
Seated Half-Figure
Outdoor Group on Location
Family Groups
Three-Quarter Length
Full-Length
Informal Group
Three-Quarter (seated)
Full-Length
Head & Shoulders
Vignette Pair
Vignette
Dating Old Family Photographs
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Dating Old Family Photographs
Dating Family Photographs: Methods of dating photographs produced during the time period 1841-1918
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1851 |
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Daguerreotype (1841-1858) |
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'Wet Plate' Process Collodion Positive 'Ambrotypes' (1851-1862) |
Cabinet Card (1866-1910) |
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'Dry Plate' Process - Instantaneous Photography (1879-1914) |
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'Kodak' Roll Film (1888- > |
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| Midget cdvs (1890s) |
"Snapshot" Photography |
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Post Card (1902-1920+) |
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| 2. Fashion Details |
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Fashion Details |
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Image and Pose |
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Head & Shoulders |
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Family Groups |
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Full-Length |
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Informal Group |
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Full-Length |
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Head & Shoulders |
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Vignette Pair |
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Vignette |
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| 4. Studio Setting & Props |
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Studio Setting & Props |
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Neutral Background |
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Transport Props - Motor Cars, Boats etc. |
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Rustic Setting |
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Plain Background |
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Painted Cloud & Sky |
Studio Furniture (Posing Chairs) |
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Furniture with Painted Backdrop |
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Classical Columns |
Modern Bench |
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Trade Plate Features |
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| 6. Card Mount |
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Card Mount |
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Rounded Corners. Thick card
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Coloured Card: bottle green / black (1890s) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Photographer's Details Years of Activity & Studio Addresses [Street Directories/ Notices & Advertisements / Census Returns]. Photographer’s Personal Details [births/ marriages / deaths]
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