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From: Genealogy Record Service <>
Subject: Fwd: Photos
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 21:22:46 -0500


This is a forwarded message:
>
>Great tip Mary. I never realized you could gain so much just from
>photos. Thanks.
>
>
>David
>
>At 10:33 PM 8/2/97 -0500, Mary Russell wrote:
>>You can generally pretty well guess about the time a photo was
>taken by
>>the clothes the people were wearing. I was recently sent a group
>shot of
>>my early family and all the girls had those gibson girl blouses- long
>>skirts and big
>>upswept hair-do's. That made it 1890-1910. Several of the people were
>>identified. I went next to a census index and found where one
>little girl
>>that was identified was not on the 1900 census but was 6 on the 1910
>>census. I figured by that the photo was taken in 1908 because
>she looked
>>to be about 4 and
>>another person identified in the photo was dead by 1909. Of course
>some
>>photos are tin types and you know fairly well that they date from pre
>>1890"s.
>>My mother used to tell me about wearing high topped button shoes.
>She was
>>born in 1900. Mary Russell
>>
>>
>>
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