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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Neale1961 on Saturday 20 February 21 02:30 GMT (UK)
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Hello again kind RC restorers. Here is another from our “historic album”. I would love you to work your magic on this tin-type of my great-grandparents’ wedding. The original is smaller than a playing card, and very dark. It is a treasured photo, being the only image we have of g-grandfather Tom. The pink colouring on the cheeks is in the original photo – but I would prefer no other colour to be added please.
Now that I have scanned it (and can enlarge it), I can see that much of the detail is quite distinct, but there is a bit of surface damage. It is very dark however, and I wonder if it is possible to make the image lighter and brighter. I imagine the murky and shaded tone is something to do with the tin-type medium.
Tom and Mary married in April 1883 on a sheep station on the Darling Downs, Queensland, where Tom (32 years) was a shearer and station hand, and Mary (21 years) was employed as a house servant. They are wearing black armbands in remembrance of Tom’s younger brother who had died about 10 days earlier. Mary is the sister to “Edwin in Sydney” and “Milly and Martha”, who you met and restored beautifully in my previous posts.
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They appear to be wearing a quite large dark armband. had a close relative died?
Gadget
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They are wearing black armbands in remembrance of Tom’s younger brother who had died about 10 days earlier.
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Duplicate post - I think RC hung :-\
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Ah - I see that now. Too much close text for my sore eyes!
I've not seen a bride wear one before - more usual for black braid/ribbons.
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Fabulous image Neale.
I bet they produced good looking children. :)
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Japeflakes, Thank you very much for the clean up and lightening. It looks good.
I bet they produced good looking children. :)
Ruskie - they had 8 children, and I will be cheeky and say VERY good looking.
I am biased of course. :D
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This one has picked up all the colours from off your scan
Pat
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One with a tint
Pat
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Thank you very much Pat. I like both - interesting to see how much colour is in that original tiny photo.
It is good to see it lighter and brighter. You can see a bit more detail on the wedding dress now.
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A couple from me, too. :)
Peter
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Peter, a very big THANK YOU. Both are beautiful restores, and much improved from the original.
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You're welcome, Neale. You provided a really great, quality scan which was a pleasure to work on.
Peter
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A late version from me in the original colour.
Carol
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...and one with a sepia type tint if you prefer.
Carol
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...and with a little more contrast.
Carol
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Carol, I am thrilled with all of them. Thank you for your work, and for being so generous with your time.
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My pleasure Neale, it's a treat to see such a lovely wedding dress in an early image like this.
Carol
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The dress is indeed quite gorgeous and I would think such a gown would be beyond the means of a servant on a sheep station.
It is wonderful to imagine who may have lent it to her and how many others, before and after her, had the pleasure of wearing it.
;D
Sue
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Yes, indeed I have wondered about the wedding dress too. I don’t have wedding photos of any of the other girls in the family, to know if it was used and worn a number of times.
I do know that the women in that family were all extremely practical and good seamstresses, so it is possible that it was a “home made” gown to which a number of sisters had contributed.
And then maybe she was loaned it from her employer. ?