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Making Dates

Questions from readers of this Identifying Family Photographs column range from "which wife is it?" to the more-general "who is it?" A date for this photo would go a long way to help Kellee Eubanks-Stevenson determine the woman's name. Is it her great-great-grandmother, who lived from 1842...

You’re Kidding

Kathy Culbert owns this carte de visite captioned "Dora and Frank" and is having trouble dating it. Children's clothing can be confusing. Mothers often dressed boys like girls until they were school age, but you can tell the difference by their hair. Girls had center parts; boys had side parts...

Photo Detective: The Paper Trail Premium

A rare photograph leads researchers back to the 1840s.

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What the law says about reproducing and using old photos.

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Finding ancestors' school pictures.

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ELEMENTS of STYLE Premium

Tracking yesterday's fashion trends could solve your picture puzzles. We'll show you how to analyze your ancestors' dress for successful photo identification.