A J MacEach(e)/(a)n - Identify Dress/Uniform, Date, Age & Restore please?

[Rosinish]

Thanks all so far but please don't try anything to restore for now unless only to take out the obvious marks.

I will see if I can make contact with the owner somehow for a better scan?

What I know of who the pic should be is...

A J MacE (variants) b 1890 South Uist - d 1914 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pic possibly taken c 1913/14 - Not sure the owner knows exactly hence hoping an age/date could help?

Well done Ruskie, he was indeed a Seaman & sadly fell to his death aged 23 yrs from a ship Hungarian Prince 

I too thought he was sad looking & the date/year would signify beginning of war?

Annie

[Treetotal]

Yes...hankies in the jacket pocket first became popular in 1880s...this man looks to be in workman's clothes.
Carol

[Ruskie]

I thought it was a piece of paper. 

It's a big hankie - (may have been essential on those cold Scottish days).

[Rosinish]

I'm not convinced it's a hankie in his pocket as it seems to cover the whole diameter?

Most hankies I've seen in jacket pockets are purposely shaped with a triangular peak especially for a posed pic?

I don't think it's a scarf, agree it's wear on the pic.

Annie

[Gadget]

I'm not convinced it's a hankie in his pocket as it seems to cover the whole diameter?

Most hankies I've seen in jacket pockets are purposely shaped with a triangular peak especially for a posed pic?

I don't think it's a scarf, agree it's wear on the pic.

Annie

It's a hankie

[Gadget]

Blow up

[Rosinish]

I had tried to figure out who/why the pic was taken as a camera for the era on South Uist would be rare but possibly the reason was prior to going off to war?

I also tried to work out where it was taken & the lovely home made chair may signify taken at home?

It's a beautiful pic just a shade too dark.

Annie

[Gadget]

The 'home made chair' is a rustic bench that most photographers of the period used as props. It was most likely taken in Glagow.

[Ruskie]

Annie, when you speak to the owner of the photo, ask them if there are any photographer's names on the photo - it could be embossed on the front or stamped elsewhere. Sometimes you need to angle the photo to catch the light to see the embossing.

I think it was probably taken in a studio. There could be a backdrop image that isn't showing up on this scan.