On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:02:33 +0800, Lesley Albertson <albertson@exemail.com.au> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I wonder, can SKS tell me the years when J. Harvey operated as a > photographer in Belfast (Port Fairy) in the Western District of Victoria? > > Have a photo by him dated 1853 ... which I *suspect* is too early. > > Thanks :-) > > Cheers, > > > Lesley > (In sunny Melbourne) Lesley, I would be very suspicious of any photo dated before about 1885. -- Stuart Perth West Oz To reply delete "nospampls." and ".invalid" from address http://stuart.scss.dyndns.info/FamilyTree/

"Stuart Gregory" <stuart@nospampls.scss.com.au.invalid> wrote in message news:op.u5zhpybcojqke0@freenews.iinet.net.au... > On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:02:33 +0800, Lesley Albertson > <albertson@exemail.com.au> wrote: > >> Hi Listers, >> >> I wonder, can SKS tell me the years when J. Harvey operated as a >> photographer in Belfast (Port Fairy) in the Western District of >> Victoria? >> >> Have a photo by him dated 1853 ... which I *suspect* is too early. >> >> Thanks :-) >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Lesley >> (In sunny Melbourne) > > Lesley, > > I would be very suspicious of any photo dated before about 1885. > > -- Hi Stuart Why would you ??? Earliest photo I have was taken in Melbourne in 1870 , next earliest was taken in 1872 in Sydney Bye -- MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW

On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:52:14 +0800, MargM <genknut@exemail.com.au> wrote: > > "Stuart Gregory" <stuart@nospampls.scss.com.au.invalid> wrote in > message news:op.u5zhpybcojqke0@freenews.iinet.net.au... >> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:02:33 +0800, Lesley Albertson >> <albertson@exemail.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi Listers, >>> >>> I wonder, can SKS tell me the years when J. Harvey operated as a >>> photographer in Belfast (Port Fairy) in the Western District of >>> Victoria? >>> >>> Have a photo by him dated 1853 ... which I *suspect* is too early. >>> >>> Thanks :-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> Lesley >>> (In sunny Melbourne) >> >> Lesley, >> >> I would be very suspicious of any photo dated before about 1885. >> >> -- > Hi Stuart > > Why would you ??? Earliest photo I have was taken in Melbourne in > 1870 , next earliest was taken in 1872 in Sydney > > Bye > Hello Marg, I simply meant that I would be careful about assuming a photo dated 1853 to be correct. There are many photos available for around the dates of your photos, but 1853 is quite early in the development of photographic plates and papers and the availability of such items. But then again, I can understand that a photographer of around that time may have taken a photo of himself. For a little bit more on the historic development of the camera you can go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera -- Stuart Perth West Oz To reply delete "nospampls." and ".invalid" from address http://stuart.scss.dyndns.info/FamilyTree/