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    My ‘ragamuffin’ great-grandmother

    Nov 12, 2021 3 minutes
    JS

    I’m interested in accurately dating this photo which I believe Jayne can do precisely by dress. My dad, aged in his mid-70s, has been going through the biscuit tin of old family photos, some of which I’ve never seen before. This photo is on metal (would it be on copper?) but backed with dark paint and measures roughly 7cm x 8cm. As far as I am aware, the child in the centre is my great-grandmother on my dad’s

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