Also, since these are Europe, and yours (I'm assuming) are America, the styles might have been different. I sent an email to my dad's cousin, who would have known these people when she was a little girl (she was born in 1933), to see if she can identify anyone.

I don't think there were many glass negatives past the mid '20s. Skirt length didn't get that short until into the '20s.

Hil, I'm guessing late twenties to early thirties from the hair. Probably right around the turn of the decade.

I's conceivable that someone might be using older technology when they have the resources. The photographer may have been using up stock or took a long time to switch to newer camera technology.

How were these scanned, Hil? was light shown through as in a transparency scanner? Was the base toward the glass of the scanner or the emulsion? Sometimes a pass with each side up will reveal new things.

That was a quick and cheap scan -- lay the negatives on the scanner, put a piece of plain white paper on top, close scanner, scan. I had them emulsion side down.

Judging by the fact that these were all taken in a home, not a studio, and seem pretty casual (the woman sitting in the kitchen, the man reading the newspaper), I'm guessing they were taken by an amateur photographer, not a professional. (Also, a few have light reflecting horribly off white backgrounds in a way I'm pretty sure a professional would have known to avoid.)

My best guess right now is that these were taken sometime shortly before the wedding of the younger woman seen in some of the pictures and the young man seen standing outside the building. I'm pretty certain that the older man and woman are her parents, which leaves her younger brother, who would have been a teenager, as the probable photographer. That would make it sometime around the very early thirties, since their first child was born in 1933. (If, of course, my identifications of the people are all correct.)

val, we will provide you with lots of great coffee when you come! We are sort of stuck with so-so quality beans at the moment, but we have several great coffee options.

val, we will provide you with lots of great coffee when you come! We are sort of stuck with so-so quality beans at the moment, but we have several great coffee options.

YAY! This is definitely a diamond shoes are too tight moment, but it's kind of funny too.

Health~ma to your neice, Ginger!

Yay for the new, improved and working computer, Deena!

I can do coffee or tea (even instant coffee in a pinch). If neither is available, a can of caffeinated soda will work, too.

Hil, I'll chime in and say the mid-20's, too. They're fabulous, by the way and look like a genuine family treasure.

Thanks, Cashmere. (Right now, I'm trying to resist the urge to spend another hour fiddling with the exposure and contrast and such on several of them. I've got a whole lot more pictures to scan, and right now, I'm mostly just going for getting them up online to see if any relatives can identify them. Getting them to look good can wait.)

Some things never change...

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