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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Tuesday 29 March 22 10:46 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Gadget on Tuesday 29 March 22 10:09 BST (UK)
Les

Carol and I and many others have seen numerous photos where the writing on the back of photos is wrongly identified and  dated.

Wearing clothes that are 10 years out of date for a photograph is very unusual - maybe some men or elderly ladies but very unlikely in others


Gadget

Fair enough - I'll see if I can find any other photos of the boys of around the same age. I have photos of them much older as adults, and also of the 2 Harriets, but much older again as old women.

Les

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Tuesday 29 March 22 08:02 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Carol and Gadget

I presume the writing on the back of the photo is correct.......one can only hope?

I suppose the only problem with dating a photo earlier than the dress being worn is - if the person is wearing a 10 year old dress? That is, it could be Harriet (mother) wearing a 10 year old dress or Harriet (daughter) wearing her mother's 10 year old dress? As far as the age of the hair style is concerned I can't give an explanation.....old fashioned maybe ?

Whether the photo is 1880's or 1890's, does the lady in the photo look 31/36 years older than the two boys (i.e. Harriet the mother), or 5/10 years older than the two boys (i.e. Harriet the sister)? My problem is, I can't really tell. I think we have to go back to the original photo because some of the restored versions have given the female make up LOL!  ;D

Les

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Tuesday 29 March 22 07:36 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Trishanne on Monday 28 March 22 19:58 BST (UK)
A colour version from me
Pat

Thank you Pat.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Monday 28 March 22 06:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: John-76 on Monday 28 March 22 03:16 BST (UK)
Here's a version. The colors are extremely subjective and can be changed/modified very easy. Not as good as I'd like, but I ran out of time for today.

Thanks John.

This was my attempt using a free colour program off the Internet - all you do is download the photo, and press one button, and the computer does the rest in a few seconds.. Not too bad(?) but it just couldn't get the boy sitting down coloured correctly.

Les

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Monday 28 March 22 06:27 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: John-76 on Monday 28 March 22 03:16 BST (UK)
Here's a version. The colors are extremely subjective and can be changed/modified very easy. Not as good as I'd like, but I ran out of time for today.

Carol

The photo is is not the original, and the names are written on the back of the frame which it is in. The birth years supplied are correct, so looking at the boys, my estitmate of early 1890's-1895 can't be too far off the year the photo was taken. The boy's age estimate is easier than the female's, and that my problem.

Les

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Sunday 27 March 22 06:58 BST (UK)  »
Goldie 61

Parents married 1873. The years of birth for the mother, 2 sons and daughters are included in the original post. I'm guessing the photo was taken early 1890's (say 1893?), mother would be 42, sons 11 and 6, with daughter 16. Or if a little later (say 2 years later) mother 44, sons 13 and 8, daughter 18.

Neale

Thanks for input.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Would This Smith Lady Be The Mother Or The Sister? Can Photo Be Coloured?
« on: Saturday 26 March 22 12:17 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to work out whether the lady in this photo is the mother or the sister of the two boys. The back of the photo is captioned "Robert Smith" and "Claud Smith" - they being brothers born 1882 and 1887 respectively. The other name is "Harriet Smith" which could be their mother b.1851, or sister b.1877.

Looking at the boys and their birth dates, I'm guessing the photos was taken early 1890's? The female does seem to have a "youngish" face, but are the clothes too old for her to be a sister?

Would it be possible to colourize the photo? I tried using a basic free colour program (sometimes works okay, and sometimes not). When I tried colouring this photo, the seated boys always comes out a horrible grey colour.

Thank you.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please Date Photo - Benson, Australia
« on: Thursday 30 December 21 12:47 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks to ALL for your replies.

I too was thinking around 1930's (mid?), which would rule out the little girl being his daughter b.1910. I never thought of the possibility of the older lady being that "1910" daughter and the little girl being Robert's granddaughter from the "1910" daughter?

I'm unable to find a marriage for the "1910" daughter, and unfortunately birth records after 1921 cannot be accessed for the "granddaughter" (100 year rule on birth records in my Australian state).

Anyway, thanks again, and will see if I can come up with something else.........?



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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Please Date Photo - Benson, Australia
« on: Wednesday 29 December 21 11:04 GMT (UK)  »
Would it be possible to date this photo of Robert Benson in Australia, please? I have an idea myself, but would like some other opinions too. The photo is endorsed "Robert Benson, wife and daughter", however, I don't know whether this is the original caption, or somebody's guess? The following may assist;

Robert Benson b.1877 and d.1943. He married wife Barbara Graser b.1886. They married 1910 and had a daughter that same year.

Apparently his wife left the country without Robert and didn't return. There is no other record of a second marriage, or another child for Robert.

Thanks

Les

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