When Was That?

Introduction

Welcome to When Was That? the blog that asks … duh … When was that? This site is about dating photographs — no, not dinner and a movie type dates, I mean the year. Sometimes the month. Sometimes even the day.

Our prime focus is:

• U.S.A. and Canada
• 1839-1949
• Photographic Images, even when printed by photomechanical or other methods
• Minutia, Styles, Fads and other clues

There are an amazing number of clues to the date of a photograph, most of which go totally unnoticed by the average viewer. Read this site for a while and you will look differently and see more.