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Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« on: Wednesday 13 December 23 18:09 GMT (UK) »
Please could someone date this photograph and possibly give an age for the 2 women in front?
many thanks
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 13 December 23 23:09 GMT (UK) »
It looks Edwardian  (1901-1910) and the two ladies in the front appear to be in their 20s.

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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:01 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate your help.

If possible, I'm hoping that one of the fashion experts here could give me a more precise estimate of date. I think the photo is not later than 1906 due to death dates but I could be wrong.

I'm also wondering if the fashion worn by the woman at bottom left suggests she's younger than the others?

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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:08 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate your help.

If possible, I'm hoping that one of the fashion experts here could give me a more precise estimate of date. I think the photo is not later than 1906 due to death dates but I could be wrong.

I'm also wondering if the fashion worn by the woman at bottom left suggests she's younger than the others?

If you check, I am one of the 'fashion experts', along with Jim and Carol. 

I dated it as Edwardian and 1906 would be in that period.

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Note - the women were wearing different styles which makes it more difficult to put an exact year on the photo.
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:17 GMT (UK) »
Thank you - I didn't know you were also a fashion expert. I apologise if I've offended you.

Perhaps I'm being too ambitious with my question but I'm going by some dating Jim did for me a few years ago when he dated something within 2 years due to the collars of the men and sleeves of the women.
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:50 GMT (UK) »
My  photo books show images of men wearing that particular neck wear throughout the decade but not in the very earliest years.
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:55 GMT (UK) »
Here is an online link

https://jayneshrimpton.co.uk/blog/how-to-date-old-photographs-from-fashion-part-2-early-20th-century-photographs-edwardian-first-world-war/

If you scroll down the page, you'll find a photo of a man wit a similar collar dated 1907 anda group of men wearing such collars in 1912.
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 14 December 23 10:56 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your help - I'll take a look at the link.
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Re: Mary Hooppell, England - date please?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 14 December 23 11:41 GMT (UK) »
Agree with Gadget this is around mid decade.
The large loose sleeve was a short lived style around
this time so 1905-7.
The one on the left appears to be married.
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