Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.3 EAN: 9780968507636 ISBN: 0968507638 Label: Moorshead Magazines Ltd Manufacturer: Moorshead Magazines Ltd Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2000-08-01 Publisher: Moorshead Magazines Ltd Studio: Moorshead Magazines Ltd
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Editorial Reviews: You've almost certainly faced the problem: you've got an album or box of old photographs but almost all lack any identification. Family Chronicle's special publication can't help you identify the subject but it can help you with dating when the picture was taken - often within a couple of years. A number of books have already been published that describe how to date old photographs but they rely almost entirely on descriptions: Family Chronicle's book is almost all reproductions of old photographs of known date. There are over 650 pictures covering the period from the 1840s to the 1920s. By comparing your undated pictures to the examples, you will be able to compare clothing and hair fashion, the poses adopted by the subject and the background settings and establish a date within a couple of years. The book provides convincing evidence that our ancestors were at least as fashion conscious as we are today and that those fashions changed just as frequently.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Dating old photographs 1840-1929 Comment: I felt I needed this book for the old photos that have nothing written on them. Style does give a possible time frame to work from which is what we often need. It is very well put together and informative. Customer Rating: Summary: Dating Old Photos Comment: This "book" is actually a short essay. It was long on examples of old photographs, but did little examination of those examples. The essay is 5 pages and photos ran from page 8 to 93 with 5 to 6 photos on each page. These photos were not identified as to their type of photographic method. It is a fine example of a geneological collection of family photos for the author, but hardly a book to learn from. I was quite disappointed. Customer Rating: Summary: Good Beginning for Dating Old Photographs Comment: For someone just beginning the process of dating old photos, this book is very handy. It covers the basics in a concise way, giving an overall look at what is involved. In addition to the 8 pages of general information, there are 85 pages of real photographs with known dates. The only drawback as I see it is that most of the photos are of Canadian people, and that many of them do not seem to be dressed typically for the time period. Anyone purchasing this book will soon want to "graduate" to Taylor's Uncovering Your Ancestors through Family Photographs, for example. Customer Rating: Summary: Dating Old Photgraphs 1840-1929 Comment: I really enjoyed the book but I feel the quality of the photographs were not as vivid as they could be. It is a good reference for my photos. Customer Rating: Summary: Not Worth the Money Comment: I found that this book is not worth the money I spent for it. It is more like a magazine than a book. There are only 100 pages, (three of which are advertisements) and most of them are filled with old photographs with no explanations. The photos are classified in 5 year intervals and no detailed reasons given for why these photos are in those intervals. There is only 5 pages of text eplaining how to date these photographs and about half the text is used to give you a brief and very general history of early photography. The book, if that is what you want to call it, does not do a fair or even adequate job of helping a collector date old photographs. More Reviews