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Family photo, Im wondering if anyone can guess the date for me please?

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its my great grandmother and great grandfather, she was born 1898 and died 1979.

My mother dont know who the children are so if anyone could guess the date that could help.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee6/leanne_dando2007/IMG147.jpg

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  1. i would saw around 50's 0r 60's.

    it is a quite clear picture so its not too early like the 20's

    but its not in colour so it wouldnt be around 70's

    its your family look at them and try and predict a sort of age then you can work out how old the photo is buy there age now

    hope that helped


  2. 1940's perhaps.

    Try http://www.irecognisethat.com

  3. my guess would be in the 30's - 60's

  4. Looks to me to be around 1947-1950.

  5. Around 1950.

  6. I would say anywhere from the 1940's till the late 50's.

  7. I would say from the late 1930s to early 1950s.  

    I don't believe it would be around 1900.  The reason why the woman is smiling and the man is holding a pipe to his mouth.  Photography then was such that the least little movement would ruin a picture.  Therefore people didn't smile they look like standing or sitting corpses and holding a pipe to a mouth would definitely mean some slight  movement.

  8. i would have said 1930's or 40's but it could be later as men tended to not change thier suits as often as they do now.

        but then colour photography began to become more popular in the 50's so my best guess is 1940's

  9. Late 30s Early 40s

  10. Got a picture pretty similar to this myself, from the early 1900's

    I'd say around 1900 - 1940 because this type of photography was used up to around 40's I'd say. Since you say your grandfather died in the 1950's I'd have to shift to 1930's

  11. i say 1920s

  12. 1940 I'm guessing. It would be easier to work out by the ages and birthdates of the younger woman and child in relation to the older members of the family. Would also help if you knew what they were doing during the war years to age the photo. The lady looks around 40ish. The daughter  has a child who looks 5. If the daughter is 25, then her mother and father could be 45.  

    I think the little girl is 5 therefore it was taken in 1940. My guess. It would make the little girl 73 now. Looks like the mother started having children early. In those days children and grandchildren often lived with their grandparents and greatgrandparents. There was probably more children born to single mothers then than now.

  13. I would guess at somewhere around 1960.

  14. I would say that your great grandmother was about 40 - 45 in the photo suggesting a date of around 1935 - 1940. Style of clothing (double breasted suit) fits as well

    Not sure if the older of the two at the bottom is a child - she looks to be early twenties and the little girl about 3 - could they be mother and daughter?

  15. My father kept his double breasted suit until he died in the late 1970's; from the ages you gave me, and the little bit of clue from the apparent clothing of the younger people, I have to agree with the lady who said 1950.  If you eventually find or determine it was a little earlier, 1947-1949, I wouldn't be surprised.

    Where are they?  Europe?  Canada?  Scotland?

  16. By the style of the clothes, I can say that you're looking for a date between 1935 and late 40's.

    About the 2 children, the one on the right (your right) looks too old to be a child and the child on the left too young to be their children.  Could possibly be a daughter or a daughter in law with their grandson? Or perhaps a neighbour?

    I wish I could give you a more definite answer.

  17. yes, deffinatly 1416

  18. 20's-30's

  19. around 1920-1950. Good Luck! ☺

  20. Late 1930's

    Would you like me to remove the creases (photoshop - not professional)  - I enjoy doing things like that and have already done so for many Friend and family members.

    No charge obviously! (e-mail if ok)

  21. I also think about the 1940s, but could be early 1950s.

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