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As you know I love hairstyles, but I'm also a hat person. No, I don't wear one, but I wish I did. Given this fascination with brimmed accessories, is it any wonder I couldn't pass up Bro. Joseph F. Martin's challenge?This photo depicts his great-grandparents Nicholas and...
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Readers of this column will be as fascinated as I was with these two articles on photo identification. In the January 2010 issue of Smithsonian Magazine is the story of an unidentified daguerreotype owned by Jack and Beverly Wilgus. In it a handsome young man stands facing the camera holding...
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Uncovering the clues in historical photos.
View DetailsTexas Twosome Revisited
Last week's tease mentioned that I'd solved a persistent mystery. Ah ... I really thought I had the answer to the Texas mystery. Late last year I ran a three-installment story about these two men in their embroidered shirts. In the first piece, I showed you the pictures and mentioned some...
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If fashions and faces don't help you date your old color prints, an odd size or format may do the trick.
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Photography’s exciting evolution from shades of gray to a rainbow of color isn’t without a few dark clouds. Use this historical guide to understand the developments in your own family albums.
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Look past obvious clues to uncover the real stories behind family photos.
View DetailsFinding the Story, Part Three
If you've been following the last two weeks' worth of Joan Lee's search for her husband's grandfather, you know how complicated this story is. In week one, I looked at a photograph reputed to be Fred Klingbeil and in week two, I explained some additional problems with the Lee/Klingeil family...
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