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Good afternoon 'chatters !

We're trying to date the attached picture in an effort to determine which one might be a friends Grt-Grandfather, Patrick Keogh, born Birkenhead , 1875. (d Birkenhead 1950)
We believe he spent most of his working life at Dock- or Shipyards (hence the nautical based studio background, no doubt), including possibly Cammel Laird at Liverpool.

If anyone can help us narrow down the date of this pic please, by clothing styles or other clues, we'd be grateful.

Thank you

Andy May

Good evening Chatters !

I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who believes it could be a member of her family.
If we can establish an approximate date we might be able to determine who it is .
Family has long standing connections to Norfolk, particularly Norwich .
No Photographers name or other markings.
The subject appears to perhaps have his left foot missing (right as we view it) and possibly a "glass eye" (his right) ?

Any info re : date from style of pic or clothing is greatly appreciated, please.
(I'm guessing 1900 - 1920 ?)

Thank You

Andy

I wonder if anyone can help me here, please ?
I've been tracing my family tree for over 20-years and am currently fixated with my 2x Great-grand-dad who sadly committed suicide in 1881 in Norwich. He's easy to find and well documented in all census (1851-61-71-81) in Norwich BUT sometime after 1875 he up-sticks and lived in Great Yarmouth for 4-5 years. I've found 2 children born on Cemetery Rd and baptism records for them both (Bishops transcripts so no idea which church ?). One child sadly died aged just 10-wks old and also found a burial record for him - but again no church mentioned.  Cemetery Road ran west to east between the Old & New cemeteries and appears to now be called Kitchener Road ( name change post-Boer War perhaps , circa 1902 ? (It had changed by 1906 according to old OS Maps) I'm wondering if anyone has photos of Cemetery Road from the late 1800s - early 1900s , please ?
(See 1896 OS & current Google Maps below for reference) . Thanks in antic'

Good Morning Chatters !

I have a family wedding portrait that I'm trying to date - or, more to the point , use as a starting point to date a couple of others. Let me explain : the two young bridesmaids in the pic are DEFINITELY my mum (probably abt 7-8 yrs old) and her 2-yrs younger sister , probably 5-6 . This would date it to 1934-5 (mum born 1927) . The bottom left corner of the pic has a hand written signature style mark "Swains" and , in the opposite corner "NORWICH" . I've GOOGLED for Swains of Norwich and they were quite prolific photographers for a number of years but George Swain Snr died in 1932 so I'm assuming this is the work of his son , George Jnr . All fairly good so far .

I also have 2x different male head-and-shoulder portraits (8"X6") in almost identical frames. Only one has a photographers mark : a lightly embossed (almost invisible to the naked eye)  "Mr & Mrs G Swain" in a fancy cursive script, and NORWICH in capitals. Again thru' GOOGLE , I see that George Snr and his wife were running the business prior to his death.

So I suppose my real question is :  Can anyone help date the 2x male portraits, either from the style of photo and clothes AND/OR know when Swains were using that style of marking on their prints, please ?