Hi Judy Pardey & Guest Dungog 1900 So looks like they started then - the book stops in 1900 so they may well have been in business for some time after this. So you would be best looking at other things to help date the photos Couldn't encourage you more to buy the Lenore Frost book which has been mentioned before. Good Luck On 6 Feb 2006 at 6:21, Judith Dumbrell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just noting all the past chit chat about dating photographs. I wonder > if someone who has the book "The Mechanical Eye" could look up 'Pardey > and Guest', Dungog, for me. I have a photo that I think is my gg > grandmother, but, of course, there is no name on the photo and it is > hard to date. If I knew when Pardey and Guest were operating it > would help. > > Many thanks for any help. > > Regards > Judy > BFN OOROO Michelle ============== http://au.geocities.com/patientgenie/