Sometimes the dress or costumes, plus hair styles, can be a clue to the period when an old photo was taken. Here is a web site that has text and pictures of Victorian dress, including American styles. I have not explored it fully, but it includes male styles and some children's dress going from the early 1800s into early 1900s.. http://costumes.org/pages/victlinks.htm Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.