Dating Old Photographs 1840-1829

You've almost certainly faced the problem: you have an album or box of old photographs and almost all of them lack any identification.

This book can't help you to identify the subject but it can probably help you with dating when the picture was taken --often within a couple of years.

A number of books have already been published that describe how to date old photographs but they rely almost entirely on descriptions: This book features more than 650 reproductions of old photographs covering the period from 1840 to 1929. By comparing your undated photographs to those in this book, you will be able to match clothing and hair fashions, the poses adopted by the subject and even the background settings -- helping you to pinpoint the date within a year or two.