Kathy’s Corner » Exploring Our Mystery Photos, Part 2 » February 2025

Today’s program was one of those epic episodes that will become a reference to you in the weeks and months to come—as the perfect complement, Kathy Stone added a long list of resources to include here in the notes.

After Kathy’s core presentation, she opened up the discussion. Emily Hanson stepped up to share a delightful example of a family mystery photo and was gracious enough to allow us to share it here.

Since we were having such a good time exploring old photos with our new skills, Emily followed up with another example of a family photo including a border. What does this border tell us about the probable date for the image? And the dog, what breed?

Resources

The Village at Blackcreek: Good Overview of History of Photography

* blackcreek.ca/photography-history/

Fort Lewis College: Information for determining Dates of US Postcards

* fortlewis.edu/finding_aids/images/M194/PostcardDating.htm#Box

Cindi’s List: a list of helpful websites for dating photos

* cyndislist.com/photos/dating

Stamp Community: Photographs and Revenue Stamps

* stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?topic_id=78839&whichpage=1

Lisa Lisson (Are You My Cousin?) on Tax Stamps

* lisalisson.com/how-to-date-photographs-using-tax-stamps/

Film Format and Sizes

* photomemorabilia.co.uk/Colour_Darkroom/Early_Kodak_CameraFilm.html

Old Negative Film & Camera Formats

* nostalgicmedia.com/blogs/media-conversion/guide-to-negative-film-camera-formats

Deckle Edge

* rshare.library.torontomu.ca/articles/thesis/Snapshots_with_an_edge_a_study_of_the_deckle_edge_in_the_North_American_snapshot/14647395?file=28127568

Photo Borders

* flickr.com/groups/elko_borders_on_bw_photos/pool/

Eastman Museum Collections Online (advance search)

* eastman.org/collections-online

Evolution of the Kodak Logo

* designhill.com/design-blog/history-of-evolution-of-the-kodak-logo/

My Heritage PhotoDater

* myheritage.com/help-center?a=What-is-PhotoDatertm-and-how-does-it-work---id--kRRrmbewQUyybCKZB-SYHw