Dating Old Photographs - Genealogy Tip of the Day
Learn how to use clues in old photographs to learn more about your ancestors. Identifying Family Photos - Types of Photographs
Photo restoration expert David L. Mishkin provides information and examples of the different types of photographic processes and how to use this information to narrow down the time period of your precious family photos. Timelines of Clothing and Hairstyles
Timelines of costume history to help you date old photographs or learn more about the clothing worn by your ancestors. Antique Photograph Guide
This site discusses in detail the different types of early photos as well as guides to identifying dates for cabinet cards and the carte de visite, and charts to help you keep your photos organized. BBC - Victorian Studio Photographs
Susannah Davis explains how to examine fashions, photographic processes, studio details and themes of old Victorian pictures, in order to find some fascinating clues. The Daguerreotype
The Web site of the Daguerreian Society includes a broad selection of 19th and 20th century texts about the daguerreotype, a gallery of 19th century daguerreotypes and much more. Dating 19th and 20th Century Photos
This wonderful site not only includes suggestions on how to date old photographs, but also examples of dated photos, listed by decade, with comments on fashions, cartes, etc. Or, you can browse one of two 19th century albums and look at some early 20th Century postcards. Dating 19th Century Card Mounted Portraits
Andrew J. Morris describes a number of features for 19th century card mounted photos and notes their correlation to the age of the photograph. Dating Old Photographs
An extract from a feature by Family Chronicle on how to date family photographs with examples broken down by decade from the 1840's to 1900. Focuses on photos in North America. Follow the Clues - Dating Your Photographs
Genealogist Maureen Taylor provides a general overview of the types of clues you can expect to find which may help you narrow down the date of old photographs.
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