Scottish portrait date and age

[Eric Hatfield]

I am researching the Stephen family who lived in Aberdeenshire in the 19th and early 20th century. Annie Shepherd Gibb married Thomas Stephen in Aberdeen in 1891.

I have many old family photos dated around 1920 with names written on the back. Most of the photos are of Annie & Thomas and several of their children. But one photo is not clearly labelled, and I'm not sure there's a resemblance to anyone else I have named. I'm hoping dating it might help identify the people.

It appears to be 3 generations of a family. It is printed on a postcard sized 5.3 in x 3.3 in (13.2 cm x 8.4 cm). On the reverse side it simply says "Post Card", and underneath in smaller letters: "For correspondence" on the left and "Address Only" on the right.

Thanks for any help.

[jim1]

The start date is just pre WW1 & possibly into the war years but I
suspect it's pre war by the the girl's dress style.
Is there a stamp box on the back?
Often they are dateable.

[Viktoria]

Yes  very late Victorian to  Edwardian, but Edward did not reign very long so 1890’s to 1910 ,but ordinary people did not change fashion very quickly and the photograph might well be into George V’s era.
Viktoria, 1837-1901
Edward Vll - 1901- 1910.
GeorgeV , 1910-1936.

Viktoria.

[Gadget]

The start date is just pre WW1 & possibly into the war years but I
suspect it's pre war by the the girl's dress style.
Is there a stamp box on the back?
Often they are dateable.

I agree with Jim - say 1911-1913.

Gadget

[jim1]

Not 1890's as this is a postcard & they didn't arrive until 1902 & they had "for inland post only"
on the back until 1907.

[Eric Hatfield]

Thanks for these really useful replies. If we say 1911-13 as an approximate date, and the girl is aged about 6, then she was born about 1906 (plus or minus a few years). So that may help me identify who she might be.

Is there a stamp box on the back?

No. Here's what it looks like.

[Gadget]

If it helps, I'd say the woman was in her late 20s - mid 30s.

[Gadget]

Looking again at the photo, I'm wondering if it is nearer the beginning of WW1. The woman and child look sad/serious. Could the husband/father have enlisted and the photo is for him to take with him?

[oldfashionedgirl]

I thought it could be a ‘husband about to go to war’ photo as I have some very similar in dress and hairstyles.
The 3 I have were all taken at the same time, husband in Scottish Military uniform, husband and wife, and the 6 children.
Looking at the youngest child, a baby, and knowing his birth date my photo would have been taken around 1912/13.