Dating Old Photographs

A brief introduction to the subject is followed by a series of gallery pages offering photographs arranged by decade from 1840s to 1900s. The idea is to compare your photos with the poses and costumes of these images to get a feel for the period. Again, the usefulness for UK researchers is limited by this being an American site, therefore using equating costume styles with a particular time period, since those lacking a high income would continue to make good use of their clothes many years after they supposedly went out of fashion.