tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post93711430121561710..comments2024-02-21T08:35:35.568-05:00Comments on Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison Removes Doubt of Alsop ImageJohn Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-32594281749234048292011-06-25T19:23:52.472-04:002011-06-25T19:23:52.472-04:00Andy,
Other considerations when dating photograph...Andy,<br /><br />Other considerations when dating photographs would be the studio's backdrop design. Is it typical of the period the clothes suggest? Also any photographer's information printed on the front or back of the image. Keeping in mind the possibility of an older image being reprinted at a more recent date. Many things do go in to weighing a decision.<br />But, you do bring up a valid point about some people and a psychological need to adhere to a style they feel is proper and appropriate to their needs. I had offered something to that possibility in the comments section of my April 5th post, when considering if the image did indeed show Susan Read Alsop as a widow in 1861 or 1862. Was she wearing the clothes that she did when her husband was living? Is this how she identified herself? It's something that still may have some validity, but only if and when we can determine who is in her possible "memorial broach". That may be the only solid evidence to solve that mystery. If we could turn up an obvious copy of that image, one identified as James Addison Alsop.<br /> <br />Thanks for your comment.John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-82126466947475083912011-06-25T11:56:44.683-04:002011-06-25T11:56:44.683-04:00That's god stuff.
Dating photographs based o...That's god stuff. <br /><br />Dating photographs based on clothing is dicey; they may be considerably later than the fashions suggest. My mother had a favorite older relative -- something on an "Auntie Mame" figure -- when she was a kid in the 1930s. She remarked later that this woman had "decided she liked the styles of her own youth in the 1890s," and that's what she wore until she died in the 1950s. She had her dresses made to old patterns, hats too, but no one ever figured out where she got those high-button shoes so long out of style. I suspect it would be very difficult to date one of her pictures, based on the clothing she wore.Andy Hallhttp://deadconfederates.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-41643476646726489032011-06-24T16:43:19.500-04:002011-06-24T16:43:19.500-04:00Great post. Pat & I are always trying to match...Great post. Pat & I are always trying to match up photos of ancestors young to old. I have found in my files, that quite often a couple would each have a sitting for a photo just before their wedding day.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712807540726512236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-56979284723750826412011-06-23T22:30:58.942-04:002011-06-23T22:30:58.942-04:00very, very cool stuff, John. Thanks for posting th...very, very cool stuff, John. Thanks for posting this. Have you on my blog roll!John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.com