Dating Photos
Leading Photo archives - and with Mystery Photo's Dead Fred also Ancient Faces
On Dating Photos -very helpful people - very good sites
Roger Vaughan is a phenomenon http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
- Victorian Photographs - Carte de Visite
Also try
19th Century Dating Photographs
Family photos: what’s the history? | findmypast blog - 4/2011 new articles
on FMP blog - looks to be good
Articles are by Jayne
Shrimpton - Picture dating and analysis services and Jayne has some
interesting links
The Rootschat Collection - a collection of old photographs
http://www.ajmorris.com/roots/photo/ has main sections for dating including Postcards
PrinterInks.com has some good detail on photographs and dating
Lenore Frost Photo Rescue has information as well as may photos seeking
homes http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/photorescue.html
http://articles.scrapbooking.com/family_matters_Oct98.htm
http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/date/main.htm
Also search for 'old photos' in www.google.com
and if you have Studio names search google or inspect trade
directories
DIRECTORY
OF LONDON PHOTOGRAPHERS 1841-1908 http://www.photolondon.org.uk/index.htm
Edinburgh Photographers
also try Index
of UK photographers up to 1950 http://www.earlyphotographers.org.uk
and this includes a calculator for working out the date of Carte de visits etc
etc - They also have a discussion list. How to subscribe. Just send a note with
"subscribe" in the body to UK-PHOTOGRAPHERS-L-request@rootsweb.com.
Similarly for help in dating photos by fashion etc mailto:VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D-request@rootsweb.com
Historial Photographs
English Heritage
"Improving" Old Photos
The Virtual Vintage Image
Clothes and Fashion etc - some of these sell clothes but
catalogue may help
http://www.davenportandco.com/vic2.htm
Sites for unidentified people