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(DIR) Post #A16tnKeshF2cEr2Z60 by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:08:19Z
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Anyone familiar with a community or fuck it even some AI shit that is good at deciphering handwriting?I can read everything except the year. 1907?
(DIR) Post #A16tw9zLjhQpkjp8RU by pelagikat@eigenmagic.net
2020-11-12T04:09:51Z
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@grumpy Either 1905 or 1985, I reckon.
(DIR) Post #A16txW1NIwxmNLPwGG by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:10:10Z
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The context is this store: which is the hue of a photo from the 00s but has some graphic design and devices that imply a later date. I don't know. I'm not an expert in old houseware
(DIR) Post #A16u5nEvAdcA5uhV68 by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:11:39Z
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One thing that I've always wanted to do is train a model on photographs and given context clues -- mostly the film but eventually the clothing styles-- guess the decade a photo came from.
(DIR) Post #A16uCdRK0NT1j9lOIC by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:12:53Z
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@pelagikat honestly, aside from the marketing material in the photo i could imagine this being from either! Small town shops don't change too much.
(DIR) Post #A16uFrnv3SNb99sGHY by pelagikat@eigenmagic.net
2020-11-12T04:13:26Z
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@grumpy Yeah, the colour makes me think old-timey but the content could be either.
(DIR) Post #A16unX7ETqt4pPxedM by pelagikat@eigenmagic.net
2020-11-12T04:16:54Z
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@grumpy All those crocks in the foreground left aren't something that's been common in the last 50 years or so.
(DIR) Post #A16unXFNzXPREhmALI by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:19:31Z
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@pelagikat and I don't see any price tags or packaging which imply the customer is expected to _interact_ with the shop keeper!
(DIR) Post #A16uptoB53zRmtB0qG by hecanjog@merveilles.town
2020-11-12T04:19:58Z
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@grumpy based on what I think is an image of a woman with short hair (at the top of the photo) the date could be maybe 1927?
(DIR) Post #A16uw23DLdo75Z8O2K by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:21:06Z
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@hecanjog That's the era I was expecting but my mind refuses to interpret that middle squiggle as a '2'
(DIR) Post #A16v7fJ5jdug1b6kNs by hecanjog@merveilles.town
2020-11-12T04:23:11Z
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@grumpy haha yeah understood -- still, it has the right shape, especially if the end of the stroke of the 2 connects directly to the start of the 7 in a hasty style.
(DIR) Post #A16wFf7SPtMJiJ2jnE by flip@merveilles.town
2020-11-12T04:35:49Z
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@grumpy I don't know photography but the top line is close to"exposure aft 64 10 sie"And the bottom line reads"East side of store"
(DIR) Post #A16wS34rAPbvUdjVMe by eqe@aleph.land
2020-11-12T04:38:04Z
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@grumpy exposure ??? 64 10 aveeast side of store1907
(DIR) Post #A16wTp8twmCqr2THwO by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:38:25Z
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@flip yeah, come to think of it the photographic technology would probably be a nice hint if I knew that history better
(DIR) Post #A16xHnFPGcBfSLLEBs by flip@merveilles.town
2020-11-12T04:47:25Z
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@grumpy I guess I'd say the third digit isn't a zero. It moves clockwise from start which doesn't match the other 0 or the Os
(DIR) Post #A16xNp6THPGQww2NBg by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T04:48:32Z
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@flip acute observation!
(DIR) Post #A1721FRtf2jbll76cS by gamayun@mastodon.social
2020-11-12T05:40:23Z
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@grumpyI'm tending towards 1905 as well. One clue could be the vacuum flasks on display on the left. If this is from 1905 they would be just entering commercial production, still very new and fancy items.There is always also the possibility that the photo was only printed later and misdated a bit..
(DIR) Post #A172iApehZrJu1h9ai by michiel@social.tchncs.de
2020-11-12T05:48:08Z
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@grumpy I read the date as 1955. Sepia toning photographs was most consistently done in the late 19th century, but would definitely be done in the 50s if people wanted to preserve a photograph for a long time.The word 'exposure' suggests the text was written by the photographer. 64 is very likely to be the exposure value (probably in one of the systems preceding the ASA system), not a year or frame number.
(DIR) Post #A173dpc7kUEmtJrKKm by solaslux@todon.nl
2020-11-12T05:58:37Z
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@grumpy my human-brain says 1927
(DIR) Post #A176C9MF321psbvFNg by tsturm@toot.site
2020-11-12T06:27:14Z
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@grumpy "Exposure apt(?) 64 10 AveEast side 2 store1905"
(DIR) Post #A177OLe1I9UNPpcOjQ by solaslux@todon.nl
2020-11-12T06:40:39Z
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@grumpy my other-brain says 1985
(DIR) Post #A179j209id0qU2xjaC by peter@mastodon.nl
2020-11-12T07:06:47Z
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@grumpy Doesn't it say 1985 right there?
(DIR) Post #A17AXSV5TFAZ9DTZnE by tsturm@toot.site
2020-11-12T07:15:54Z
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@grumpy I love snooping around in old photos. On top of the display case there are "Stormtight" products, but I can't make out what they are. One has the great slogan "Science Beats the Rainstorm". Both the name and the slogan produce ZERO results on google. I also checked eBay, since if it's some old stuff, maybe somebody is selling it, but nothing.
(DIR) Post #A17GKg7iJk72yRCxU0 by grumpy@grumpys.online
2020-11-12T08:20:51Z
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@tsturm Good eye! Tune in for more. I'm working through annotating ~400 photos I picked up recently. Now that I know fedi finds this sort of thing mildly interesting, I'll try to find some other interesting ones to share.
(DIR) Post #A17ISdu8eQr4JhmeGm by jens@social.finkhaeuser.de
2020-11-12T08:44:40Z
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@grumpy Reads like 1985 to me, but that seems too modern. Probably 1905, then?I sometimes write 5 like that 🤷
(DIR) Post #A17L252lwKFsX0qcbo by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2020-11-12T09:13:31Z
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@grumpy The second line might say "east side of store."
(DIR) Post #A17O61upoMapqoi4nI by juliobiason@functional.cafe
2020-11-12T09:47:49Z
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@grumpy I think the last lines areEast side & store1987
(DIR) Post #A1GhCmhcQ1dmFN6Nma by mikko@photog.social
2020-11-16T21:34:17Z
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@grumpy I’d say 1987. Looks a lot like my and my moms handwriting when done in a hurry
(DIR) Post #A3NBsKNyBDA59gRMJc by Jkp@mastodon.scot
2021-01-18T20:30:28Z
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@grumpyI see 1987!or 1985