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Swifty912 t1_j1n4584 wrote

Wait, is the date a typo? I thought photography (of any kind) didn’t start until the late 1820’s.

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BigMissKnowItAll t1_j1nby0s wrote

Not OP but they mentioned in another comment that their third grandfather (the father in the picture) was born on December the 25th 1815 but that the picture was taken around 1878. So the date in the title refers to his birth that happened exactly 207 years ago and not to the date the picture was taken (even though that would be more common in this sub).

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rrhodes76 t1_j1orqwe wrote

He was in his 60s and still having babies? The woman here is probably in her 20s. Crazy times back then.

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