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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: SASHAR on Thursday 22 June 17 10:05 BST (UK)
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Hoping to get a date for the attached photo.......thanks, Sashar
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Just cleaned up a few marks...
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Wow, that's amazing - thanks heaps Handypandy, great job ;D.......Sashar
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Just adding, I have several Terence SMITH's in Sth Australia, I'm trying to work out which one the image may be of..........Sashar
1. b. 1834 died 1866
2. b. 1863 died 1928
3. b.1895 as Thomas Terence died 1952
4. b. 1910 died 1984
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Hi, Sashar. I'm not much good at dating, but the experts may see this after I've given it a nudge.
I think Terence looks about 30 years old, and you could probably exclude Terences 1 and 4 (I think); 1 looks a bit early, and I think sepia faded out (pun intended!) by the late 1920s. Men's suits didn't change a real lot, so choosing between 2 and 3 is beyond my ability, but I'd say 3, just because to me the photo seems to have a more modern look than one taken in the early 1890s.
Cheers, Peter.
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Hi Peter,
I agree that Terence 1 & 4 are out.
I'm also deciding between 2 & 3 and came to think it's 2.
I think the Terence in this photo may be the same man as the Terence in the photo I sent previously on a separate link with the Fire Bucket and 2 other chaps.
Any thoughts on that?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=773755.msg6269659#msg6269659 (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=773755.msg6269659#msg6269659)
Thanks for your input - Sashar
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Sorry, Sashar, but I don't think they're the same man. The biggest difference, I think, is in the noses, although the ears and the face shape seem a little different as well. I've lined them up below. So, for me, that leaves number 3 as being the Terence subject of this post. But if one of the true experts comes along, I may be completely wrong! Cheers, Peter.
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Hi Peter,
If it was the same Terence there would be at least 20yrs between the photo's so the face would change quite a bit.
Hard to tell when one is clean shaven and the other with a beard.
I agree the noses look different but then one photo is looking straight on and the other slightly to the side.
I thought the way both men stood was fairly similar.
If only people had written on the back of the photo's - oh well!
Thanks for lining up the photo's like you did. May help someone else make a decision?
Regards, Sashar