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by vherrin
Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:16 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Request for expert advice to help date a photo
Replies: 18
Views: 6700

Re: Request for expert advice to help date a photo

All this information is just amazing! You all should be detectives! Regarding the license plate info, that really narrows it down, doesn't it? My great grandfather died in February 1935, so he lived a very long life. He was born in Iowa but moved to the Neosho, Missouri area shortly after the Civil ...
by vherrin
Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:25 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Request for expert advice to help date a photo
Replies: 18
Views: 6700

Re: Request for expert advice to help date a photo

The car is a 1923 Model T Ford touring or roadster. The date the photo was actually taken would be harder to pinpoint. However, if you know the state where it was taken, even a partial view of the license plate as shown in the photo can help determine the year the photo was taken. Never answered wh...
by vherrin
Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Request for expert advice to help date a photo
Replies: 18
Views: 6700

Re: Request for expert advice to help date a photo

Altair wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:44 am
If you guess the photo is about 1930 and the man in the photo is about 80 would place him back to about to 1850??

Good guess! He was born in December 1846
by vherrin
Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:35 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Request for expert advice to help date a photo
Replies: 18
Views: 6700

Re: Request for expert advice to help date a photo

That settles it then - it had to be my Great Grandfather if it was after 1923. Thank you both so much!
by vherrin
Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Request for expert advice to help date a photo
Replies: 18
Views: 6700

Request for expert advice to help date a photo

Family tree researcher requests your expert help! The attached photo is either my great grandfather or my great-great grandfather, standing in front of what I think is a Model T. Any further information you can provide about the auto would be very helpful to me. For instance, is it indeed a Model T,...