Parkgate, Dumfriesshire

[MrSaunders]

Hello!

The inscription on the back of this says "This is Great Grandpa William Saunders and [Great] Aunt Jessie at their home at Parkgate with Diamond the horse and gig."

I believe it is Parkgate, Dumfriesshire in Scotland. Some info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkgate,_Dumfries_and_Galloway

Old map of the farm here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=55.1793&lon=-3.5370&layers=168&b=1

Streetview from 2016:
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.1799279,-3.5346122,3a,75y,54.25h,89.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF4osXyN3rGS3nmXP8HpSHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

William Saunders (BIRTH 1840 • Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland - DEATH 27 FEB 1903 • Broadwigg Farm Cottage, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland).

Jessie Saunders (BIRTH 25 DEC 1871 • Carmelo, Colonia, Uruguay - DEATH 10 OCT 1913 • Disdow, Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland).

1) I'm wondering if anyone can fix up this photo? I might be able to get a higher quality one if needed.

2) I'm also wondering if anyone can tell me about the carriage? Perhaps that would be a way to date the photograph.

Many thanks!

[jim1]

It's Edwardian. A possibility up to WW1.
The carriage is a pony & trap.

[Wiggy]

1) I'm wondering if anyone can fix up this photo? I might be able to get a higher quality one if needed.

Certainly a better quality scan would be a good idea - this is showing at only 72dpi.   Needs to be at least 300 dpi if you can manage it for good restoration of photo which is pretty badly damaged.

Wiggy

[MrSaunders]

Many thanks Jim1. As William died 1903, that would seem to give us a date range 1901-1903

I will see if I can get a 300dpi copy as suggested. Many thanks!

[John-76]

Here is a quick repair, but like Wiggy said, a higher resolution image would be much easier to get a reasonably good restoration.

[MrSaunders]

I managed to get another scan - this time at 300dpi! Many thanks!

[Handypandy]

One from me....

[McGroger]

My try.
Peter

[Trishanne]

One from me
Pat