Dating By Design 1840-1915: A New Way of Dating Old Photographs
by Stephen Gill
With example images on every page, and a check list of items to look out for (covering the photographic format, fashions, hairstyles and dates during which the studio was in operation), the author provides the reader with a primer and an approach to put into practice to help to determine a closer date range within which a family photo may have been taken. It is an educational read, which encourages you to learn by repetition, the goal being that by the end of the book you have mastered a simple and effective strategy to help to date your family photos. Written in a light-hearted, though informative, manner, it is also a very engaging read, and the colourised enlarged photos
