tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post8177045023778704698..comments2024-03-10T17:58:10.080-07:00Comments on The Turning of Generations: Using Indirect Evidence to Identify a Photo - Part 2Michelle Goodrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-38958710962084615192011-11-28T03:44:54.707-07:002011-11-28T03:44:54.707-07:00Good idea to look up information on the photograph...Good idea to look up information on the photographer. A photographer in my family had his studio in Stanton, NE but traveled around the area. Thanks for the link to Denver Library :)Sheryl Raminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332224787944029106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-9349131113228242542011-11-28T02:05:14.900-07:002011-11-28T02:05:14.900-07:00A pleasure to be able to help, Michelle. The cabi...A pleasure to be able to help, Michelle. The cabinet card design is appropriate for the early to mid-1890s, in my view. Good work on the photographer. <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-PHOTO-WOMAN-FANCY-HAT-DENVER-COLORADO-/290618144921" rel="nofollow">This cabinet portrait</a>, probably taken slightly later, say 1895-1898, has a different address: Iron B'LD'G Cor. 17th & Arapahoe St's, Denver Colo.<br /><br />Gustave R. Appel is also known for having taken photographs of mining towns in Colorado.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-9445935458161144672011-11-27T20:42:54.345-07:002011-11-27T20:42:54.345-07:00Thank you Sue!
This is an area where I need to d...Thank you Sue! <br /><br />This is an area where I need to develop some skills (another item for the education plan).<br /><br />The photo is the larger cabinet print measuring 16.5 X almost 11 cm (or 4.5 X 6.5 for us backwards countries that measure in inches). <br /><br />The picture has a glossy sheen and is on very thin paper. It is mounted onto a card. I would say the photo has more of a greenish gray coloring than yellow but I should look at it more closely in the daylight tomorrow.<br /><br />Thanks for your help!!Michelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-91825902953124512142011-11-27T16:48:12.420-07:002011-11-27T16:48:12.420-07:00I agree with Brett about the 1800s date. Those hu...I agree with Brett about the 1800s date. Those huge leg o' mutton sleeves are a dead give-away. Jayne Shrimpton's 'Family Photographs & How to Date Them' is particularly good for dating costumes, but is based on British fashions. According to her, the sleeves were at their widest in 1895/6 and were fashinable between 1893 and 1897, so maybe we can tighten up the date a little.<br /><br />There are some other clues as well. How big is the photograph? It looks like a carte-de-visite which should measure about 10cm X 6.5cm, but could be a larger cabinet print (ca. 16.5cm X 11.5cm. <br /><br />Is the photo yellowish in colour with a glossy sheen? This would suggest an albumen print. These prints were mounted on card to stop the thin paper curling. Later examples were pasted onto thicker card, so and 1890s print should be on a chunky mount.<br /><br />Spot on following up the photographer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com