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Photo Detective: On the Job Premium
In your own collection there are probably images of individuals wearing clothing that puzzles you. Some may be recognizable as work outfits while others remain mysterious. You might have an occupational portrait and not know it because you don't associate the clothing worn in the picture with a particular...
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Deciphering Olan Mills ID Numbers on Family Photographs
Can the numbers on the back of Olan Mills photographs tell you when the picture was taken? Our expert answers.
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Labeling Your Old Photos Premium
You've got questions about discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history; our experts have the answers.
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Photo Detective: Baby Pictures Premium
Dianne Beetler is trying to determine if these two baby pictures were taken of the same child at different times or of two different children. Identifying photographs of individuals taken at various points in their lives is one of the challenges of photo identification. You can do this by comparing...
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Photo Detective: Crayon Portrait
William Poe owns a number of identified pictures of his ancestors. He's even posted an illustrated family tree online. Yet, this double portrait remains a mystery. Poe believes the photo depicts John Poe (1785 to 1859) and Sarah Threet (1794 to 1861), but he'd like to confirm that identification. It's...
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Photo Detective: What a Doll Premium
This photograph of two girls belonged to LaVonne Murray's great-grandparents Maitland Willits House and Louise Anna Gonion. The younger girl bears a resemblance to another relative, Lydia Lymburner (1867-1947); Murray wonders if the girl could be Penelope Lymburner (1897-1980), Lydia's niece. Assigning a date to this photograph would allow Murray...
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Photo Detective: Western Mystery Premium
Front Back In this case study, three different people wrote captions on the back of a photograph. The earliest identifies the image as "My dady (sic) + half brother." Other individuals named the men as "Great Grandfather Pugh, Grandma Youngs father + her brother" and "...
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Collecting Photo Information Premium
Once you've built your own family photo collection, it's important to identify and preserve the pictures you worked so hard to find.
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Photo Detective: Go West Premium
A single family photograph can serve as a valuable social history document. Take for example this group portrait (Figure 1), which provides a link to a violent chapter in American history: the settlement of the West. Phyllis King found this picture among her great-grandparents Arthur D. Barrows and Francis A...
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Apply Census Data to Your Photos Premium
Picture research is a combination of genealogical research tools and library materials.
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