Barbara, here is a site that may help you determine what period your pictures were taken in: http://abcgenealogy.com/New/30-Jul-2002.html Look at the link that says "Photography as a Tool in Genealogy". It helps you date them. Hope this helps. Barbara Perkins Washington State Barbara Pridgen wrote: > Is there anyone on this list who would be willing to > take a look at attachments of some of my old photos I > would email to you and date them for me? I have at > least two hundred of these, some are probably from the > 1840s and on glass and tin. I am only asking you to > date a few of them, though. This is a freebe I am > asking for, since I am out of work. If anyone is > interested, please email me at: bgp277@yahoo.com > > --- VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > > > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 49 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Old photos ["Lisa > > Wireman" <lwireman@neo.rr.co] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D, send a message > > to > > > > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > > but if your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > > too. > > > > To contact the VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D list administrator, > > send mail to > > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:56:05 -0400 > > From: "Lisa Wireman" <lwireman@neo.rr.com> > > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Old photos > > > > Hi > > I am new to the list and would love to ask a > > question. My mother has two pictures. Both were > > from about 1880. They both are on cloth, and in bad > > shape. We did have copies made and digitally > > inhanced to correct the imperfections. My question > > is there any way to preserve and restore the > > originals?? > > > > Thank You > > Lisa Wireman > > God Loves You > > > > ===== > bgp277@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, > or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237