There is a very similar photo of my mother's family
taken in 1930 (give or take a year) in upstate New
York. If the style was current in Chicago in the
early 20's, it may have taken awhile to migrate to the
hinterlands.
--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know that the 40's is too late. Late 30's is
> probably too late as well.
>
> I'm not 100% sure who they are - looking into that
> now. The child may be
> my mother, which would then make the photo quite
> easy to date, making it
> early to mid 1920's. I'm looking for other early
> pics of my mom which will
> be helpful.
>
> Shel
>
>
>
> > On Dec 16, 2004, at 5:01 PM, Collin Brendemuehl
> wrote:
> >
> > > Confusing, really.
> > >
> > > The lighting style makes it look very modern to
> me.
> > >
> > > Definitely large city folks. Her top likely
> wouldn't have been seen
> > > on rural folks.
> > >
> > > His cuffed pants and the family's casual seating
> style make me think
> > > 1940s. Maybe late 30s.
> > >
> >
> > It _is_ confusing! For me, the woman's dress, and
> the child's dress are
> > too modern to be 20s. Yet, it looks too old to be
> 40s... and too fine
> > for 30s... But if I had to guess, I would also say
> late 30s, maybe
> > early 40s. Before the war, for sure. It sounds
> strange, but they almost
> > look familiar to me... Are they well-known? any
> idea who they are?
>
>
>
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