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Old 16-03-2012, 20:21   #6
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Re: Help to identify uniforms please

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson View Post
Have you cut off the photographer's name/address? I can probably 'date'them if I knew who the photoghrapher was. 1850's is far too early. The lone female - might that be a conductor's baton?
From a female perspective... the length of the young lady's skirt and style of her jacket indicates during or just preWWI. And no that isn't a conductor's baton - far too thick and too long if there is more of it under her arm.

The couple... her dress indicates late nineteenth century. I'm wonderig whether he is not a soldier but perhaps a musician in a band with a military style uniform? Obviously not well to do - look at the holes in the lace curtains and in the front of the woman's dress!
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