Some pictures I can give an approximate date by the details (a birthday
party, a child's riding toy, the approximate year of a car in the
background, a high chair in the corner, the size of a tree, whether the
porch is screened in, etc). Some I can date to a decade by the style of
the clothing - but bib overalls in front of a farmhouse limit you to
dating by century ;-)
Some useful reference books:
Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929
http://www.amazon.com/Dating-Photographs-1840-1929-Halvor-Moorshead/dp/0968507638/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1209821203sr=1-1
More Dating Old Photographs
http://www.amazon.com/More-Dating-Photographs-Halvor-Moorshead/dp/0973130342/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1209821203sr=1-4
Family Photographs, 1860-1945: A Guide to Researching, Dating and
Contextuallising Family Photographs (Public Record Office Genealogists
Guide)
http://www.amazon.com/Family-Photographs-1860-1945-Contextuallising-Genealogists/dp/1903365201/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1209821203sr=1-2
John
The date of the picture - if I'm lucky enough to know it - or an
estimated date.
However mostly I end up leaving it blank.
Cathy
At 08:35 AM 3/05/2008, you wrote:
What date are folks entering into the 'Date' field on the Display Picture
form?
the date one added the picture to the family file or date of the
picture?
Margaret
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