Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photographs

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.1072073 EAN: 9780916489502 ISBN: 0916489507 Label: Ancestry Publishing Manufacturer: Ancestry Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 202 Publication Date: 1991-02-01 Publisher: Ancestry Publishing Studio: Ancestry Publishing
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Editorial Reviews: After years of photographic research, the author explains methods of analyzing photographs historically. She outlines how you can recognize architecture, clothing, monuments, and other objects in photos; and where you can find additional help. The author's clear and expressive writing will teach you such skills as: -The care and restoration of photographs -Recognizing photo types -Finding public sources of information -Dating photographs and much more! With Unlocking the Secrets in Old Photographs in your reference library, you can employ the illustrations and concise descriptions it includes to become an expert, regardless of your previous photographic knowledge.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: very basic Comment: The usefulness of this book to anyone who has spent any time at all with family photos is pretty limited. It covers the most basic apsects of the topic: dates for evolution of the various types of photographs, a little (very litttle) on dress styles, a decent (if dated) bibliography, ideas for gathering photos from relatives, furniture clues, etc. I read it through cover to cover in a day. The 190pp. could have been condensed to about a quarter that length. I found chapter 5 on the technical details of photograph evolution was handy and the (single!) chapter on dating photographs (chap. 3) was decent. Then again a quick google search would have yielded most of this information online. For a basic book on the topic, I prefer Maureen Taylor's more recent Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs (Betterway, 2000). Far more helpful are the various books on costuming and details of clothing. Customer Rating: Summary: A Useful Reference Comment: I find this book very useful. Author Karen Frisch-Ripley gives specific information on locating old photographs and using genealogical research techniques to identify the subjects pictured in them. She discusses the different types of photographs and clues in the photographs themselves that can help date them. She emphasizes the importance of carefully studying the persons, scenes, and objects in each photograph. Customer Rating: Summary: One word is worth a thousand pictures: Awful Comment: The title would lead you to believe that those photos you found in the family bible may more easily be identified after reading this book. Think again. There is only one chapter, Chapter Three, that even comes close to delivering on its promise, i.e., "Dating Photographs: Clues to Identification." But even then, this chapter, like the others, is crammed with such drivel as "..a photo taken in America in 1885 cannot possibly be that of an ancestor who did not arrive until 1900." What? And another: "When you present photographs to relatives for identification purposes, you will be confronted with one of two situations. Your relatives either will or will not recognize the faces in the photos." No, I am not kidding. This is really the advice that is offered. The book is padded out with chapters such as "The First Step: Identifying the Family" and "Public Sources of Information." In a word, Awful More Reviews