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Wedding Day 1902

By debbiehardy  
Not one of my usual shots...and I have to admit I didn't actually take this one...
I've been researching my family tree lately, and joy of joys, my Great Aunt found this rather battered and bruised photograph in a box of memories. The Bride and Groom are my Great Grandparents, Willie and Sarah Hannah on their wedding day in 1902. The photo was grimy, torn and almost unrecognisable, but with a bit of patience I've managed to restore it a bit.

Tags: Portraits and people

Voters: liparig, tce5, dalischone and 32 more

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21 Mar 2005 9:32AM
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Kodak Box Brownie

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Comments


liparig 18 233 United States
21 Mar 2005 9:33AM
looks great you should do a side by side photo showing the before and after
Joe
debbiehardy 18 363 United Kingdom
21 Mar 2005 9:35AM
I thought I'd upload the original tomorrow, Joe! Thanks for your (speedy!) comment.
tce5 18 61 United Kingdom
21 Mar 2005 9:35AM
Excellent piece of work, you should be proud of the results.
Tanya
dalischone 18 295 Scotland
21 Mar 2005 9:37AM
Fantastic work, just love to look at old images and think of the history. You've done a really great job here.

Tracy

PS - Just a thought but you could upload the original in the mod section.
adversa 21 1 United Kingdom
21 Mar 2005 9:41AM
Super shot! A great piece of social history. Well done. Bill
tmann 18 4 2 United States
21 Mar 2005 9:49AM
Fanatstic!
Nic e piece of your history that you shared here. This is great to look at!
Wonderful looking for such an old image!
Well done,
Thomas
lloydy 18 18 Wales
21 Mar 2005 9:52AM
lovely shot
Pete
cats_123 Plus
18 5.1k 31 Northern Ireland
21 Mar 2005 10:29AM
congratulations on the restore

jeff
someone new 18
21 Mar 2005 10:42AM
my great great grandparents! good work mum.
AngelaR 18 155 United Kingdom
21 Mar 2005 11:09AM
Very well done - it's a lovely restoration.
glazzaro 18 70 23 United States
21 Mar 2005 1:30PM
Excellent shot, brilliant restoration! Spot on! CLick!!!

Greg
paul_indigo 19 259 United Kingdom
21 Mar 2005 2:02PM
Interesting to see the very formal poses. How things have changed and not changed.
UserHasLeft 19 654
21 Mar 2005 3:21PM
Brilliant Debbie! There's a service for you to advertise here, I'm sure Smile
paulcr 18 1.5k 9 Ireland
21 Mar 2005 3:25PM
A great restoration job Debbie (not seeing the original that is). Would have been a bit worried if you had said you took it lol. Paul
PhotographyBySuzan 18 93 United States
21 Mar 2005 5:59PM
You did a great job restoring this photo, Debbie!
Luv the colours and tones you've re-created!
Click to ya...Suzan Smile
Thank you for your comments as well.
mwatkins9801 18 190
22 Mar 2005 5:46PM
your skills have come a long way. this is very good restoration.
Mavis 20 143 2 England
24 Mar 2005 6:26PM
A great restoration Debbie. How sweet and young your great Grand mother looks . What a glorious confection adorns her head . Simply wonderful .
ginz04 18 281 20 United Kingdom
27 Mar 2005 3:40AM
great work debbie these restoration pictures take a lot of time to do well done. ian
petra 17 United Kingdom
27 Mar 2005 10:48AM
Lovely old picture and well done restoring it to such high quality! Agree with someone above, there's another business opportunity for you...
debbiehardy 18 363 United Kingdom
27 Mar 2005 11:09AM
To all epz'ers who have kindly commented, I've been busy and not able to thank you all individually, but all comments have been noted and I shall visit all your great portfolios in return!

I had fun restoring the photo...makes me wish I'd known them....
gorf 18 16
29 Mar 2005 5:24PM
Nice photo but it looks like it was taken years ago...
obz_uk 18 1 United Kingdom
30 Mar 2005 11:46AM
Excellent restoration...there was nothing wrong with the lenses back then. I would imagine it was taken with a large studio plate camera.
Well done

Howard
pks 18 2 England
30 Mar 2005 12:52PM
great job well done

peter
stevie 19 1.2k 2 United Kingdom
30 Mar 2005 9:28PM
Very well restored, good work.
hurstwood 18 36
5 May 2005 11:17AM
Hi Debbie
Returning your comment on my restored piccy.
Excellent job, well done.
Like IT
Alan
scottydog 18 206
7 May 2005 2:51PM
fantastic

I love these photographs of times gone by

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