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Fab Feb Photo Collage - Day Twelve

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Ted Conner Ouf - just look at this photo.  Isn't it the cutest thing you ever did see? On the back it just says "Ted back in England" I am forced to assume that it is my grandfather. He was born in 1900 so I'm thinking it would have been taken in Portsmouth somewhere  c 1902.  How old do you think he looks?  I think two maybe three. This is a copy of a copy unfortunately.  I have no idea where the original is.  I must ask my father.  Boy I've got a lot of questions for him since I started this ! Maybe it is my great-grandfather - he was called Edwin too and Ted I think.  He was born 1869. I shall have to check with my father... All observations gratefully accepted. I am intrigued by the big hat.   The fabulous book by Lenore Frost called Dating Family Photos 1850-1920 (ISBN 0646058983, published 1991) might help me here.      This is obviously a studio photo.  Lenore says th...