I would also have said 1900s. I have a photo of my grandfather wearing a similar outfit to the younger boy, and it was taken 1906 :).
The negative of the face looks like Alan Alda? [ATTACH]
Thanks Aquitaine, you beat me to it! I tried searching for the address in the original post but came up with nothing. There must be a record...
Great photos! The only thing I could find was another photo by Low Fong (here). I can't find any useful information unfortunately - hopefully...
Thank you! It's not easy to read, is it... I'll have a look through the rest of the card to see if there are other references to Marseille....
Recently acquired this postcard which is covered with very faint spidery writing on the back, and since my French is poor I would appreciate some...
I just mean that it wasn't unusual for that era :) Which unfortunately makes it more difficult to find anything relating to these images, because...
These are very collectable. As Bev suggests, have a look on eBay, and if you have the time separate them into different batches, keeping the same...
I did a quick search and it seems that beachball was all the craze in the fifties, along with scantily clad young people in fitness-type shots :D...
Love it! Very film noir :D Taken by Stanley Kubrick in the 40s... check this link out ;-)...
Researching stuff is fun, isn't it? Takes time though, but you learn so much. I'm waiting for a bundle of photos/papers to arrive that I just...
No idea about the authenticity of the ticket itself, but I'm inclined to think the event did take place. The book that bakersgma linked to has...
Of course! *doh* I'm still doing searches on this. I firmly believe that persistence always pays off!
Welcome to the forum, Jonathan, and thanks for your update! I'm delighted the photograph has been identified and so much information can be...
So I spent yesterday evening searching on my phone while watching the TV (multitasking!) and the only thing I found was a cdv of Maggie Mitchell...
Made me laugh, though I know it shouldn't!!! :p:D I think the train in photo 1 might be an A3 class LNER (similar to the Flying Scotsman), which...
Sounds terrible! I've had it drilled into me to stay well away from railway lines, but there's always someone willing to take chances. I had to...
Many thanks for the comments! Assuming this is a Metropolitan line train then I might be able to find which bridge this is :D. And the bridging...
Posting these in case there are train buffs here, and people interested in construction? They came as part of a job lot and are firmly stuck to...
We inherited a wicker suite (conservatory furniture) and I wanted to get rid of it straight away... until I realised how comfortable it was!!! We...
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