At 08:31 PM 27/06/99 -0400, George S. wrote:
> Giles,
> I think your mystery photos are a wonderful peek into the past and a
>welcome addition and diversion for the list, no need to apologize for the OT
>content IMO.
> I was expecting much poorer resolution from your description. I think
>the negs held up remarkably well considering everything- age, conditions of
>storage, possibly the "wrong" paper used for printing, etc.
> As far as narrowing down the years, I'm afraid I can only make an
>"educated" guess and tell you some of them give me a feeling of
>1930/1932, and some 1938/1940. This is based on my own family photos from
>those years and the hairstyles/ clothing/ hats/ bathing suit styles contained
>in my family's photos. However, we're talking U.S., and I don't know how
>closely the styles merged in time with Irish or English styles, but I would
>guess not far off. After all, many styles were later in coming here- being
>advertised as "all the rage in Europe", but others still may have been
>featured in Hollywood's motion pictures and then caught on in Europe.
My wife and I tried pinpointing them based on swacks of old B&W's my Mom has
from about 1880 onwards, and we're also of the opinion that they come from the
timeframe between the two World Wars. The pants on the woman in the caravan
shot and the bathing suits of the two women at the beach were the definitive
ones for us. I wonder, Giles, if you happen to know where the shot of the
Rotunda was from? I would've thought something like that would be fairly
identifiable...
Garth
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