Dating old photographs

Waitsian

Is anyone any good at dating old photos? From clothes, studio furniture etc...? If so, post a reply and I'll post them up. Here's just one as an example.

psycho-hope

the clothing looks victorian to me, have you tried googling the name of the studio see if you can get any idea when it was in operation, im sure one of the regulars on here will be able to give you a better estimate of what year the picture could be from

johnny_doyle

a couple of these carte de visit type of photos are available to view of Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29057987@N03/sets/72157623854914168/detail/

One is from the photographer H Hunter of 61 South Mall, 102 Patrick Street, Cork


A Henry Hunter of 61 South Mall, Photographer is in this 1871 directory

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/streetandtradedirectories/1871fultonscityofcorkqueenstowndirectory/1871alphabeticalsection/CorkQueenstownDirectory1871Pages72%20to%2079.pdf


page 2 the following 1875/76 directory lists Hunter as well as other photographers in Cork

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/streetandtradedirectories/1875-76citycountyguys/pages578to649/GuysAlmanac1875Pages626%20to%20631.pdf


sometime in the 1880's the directories start listing Mrs Hunter at 28 Patrick St. She's at the top of the list on this directory from 1891

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/streetandtradedirectories/1891guyscitycountyalmanacanddirectory/1891pages308to334/GuysCorkAlmanac1891Pages326%20to%20334.pdf


There's a bit about types of photographs and dating photos from this site :

http://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/dating/types-of-photograph/

spurious

There is a dedicated forum to dating photos on rootschat.com
There, you will find people who are experts on fashions etc. who will be able to date your photo.

Waitsian

Thanks all, the help is much appreciated.