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Hello Rootschatter,

I am currently working on a major project and because our time is running out I thought I would ask for your help.

A little background information - A neighboring county is seeking approval to build a windturbine park on a large parcel of land they own - in the middle of our County right behind my house.  There are 3 villages, including my own, which will all be less than 1 km from the windturbines (7 of them - each 180 m high) and we have joined forces to try and fight this. 

I am currently designing a brochure which we want to distribute at a Fall Fair next week and it must be ready for the publisher by tomorrow night.  I am almost finished with the text and most of the graphics but am having a terrible time with a montage of our landscape.  I have taken several photos which can be merged together for our complete view but I am disappointed with my result as the sizes must be adjusted slightly and it didn't work quite right and some green tones ended up weird where I spliced the pictures together because the clouds blew over so fast that the lighting had changed .  I don't really have time to start again  !

Anyways, if anyone is up to this and has some extra time on their hands I'd really appreciate some help with this one.  There are 4 photos and each ca. 1 MB so I won't post them here.  I need the detail as I will later add the 7 wind turbines in the appropriate places.

If you are interested please send me a pm with your email address and I'll send them over.

Thank you so much and I'll cross my fingers  !

Karen

Here's another from the latest collection which I'd love to have dated.  A guess at his age would also be very helpful 

I'll never understand why relatively young men would grow such wild beards  !

For anyone who may be bored  - a cleaning or colouring is also quite welcome. 

Thank you,
Karen

Here is another unidentified photo which for some reason just fascinates me.

I only have this scan, which isn't very good, but can anybody guess the womans age?

I am having trouble deciding if she is just fat or if she an older pregnant woman.  She kind of looks too old to be pregnant and perhaps the tummy is a result of a sickness ....  ??  Any ideas?

The photo may have been taken around 1876 or later as you can see from the back but perhaps one of the experts can confirm or dismiss this date?  Might it be a reprint?

Thank you,
Karen

Here's an unidentified tin-type that I hope someone can date. 

The scan is rather small but I don't have the original so I hope you can see enough?

Thank you very much,
Karen

Hello all,

I have recently received a batch of unlabeled pictures and am searching for some dates for the photographers.  I have found some online but am having problems with most of the Ontario pictures and a few in the US.

Might any of the experts here be able to help?

Below are the photographers stamps and all pictures have rounded corners.

Thank you in advance,
Karen