{"id":49765,"date":"2019-04-29T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=49765"},"modified":"2019-04-29T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:40:47","slug":"can-i-date-this-photo-using-old-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/can-i-date-this-photo-using-old-newspapers.html","title":{"rendered":"Can I Date This Photo Using Old Newspapers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have this old family photograph of my grandfather Walter D. Huse (1898-1968)<\/a> fishing on the \u201cNubble\u201d at York Beach, Maine.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: Walter D. Huse. Source: Thomas Jay Kemp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wondered if it was possible to date this photo using GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was routine for newspapers to print news of visitors to the Maine beaches. For example, here is a list of visitors to York Beach in 1909, including all the guests staying at Young\u2019s Hotel.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 5 September 1909, page 21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This second newspaper article, published a year earlier, mentions Walter\u2019s grandparents visiting York Beach, staying at Young\u2019s Hotel. He would have been 10 years old then \u2013 he looks younger than that in the photo we have.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 30 August 1908, page 35<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll keep looking to see if I can find a newspaper article of their visiting York Beach, Maine, around 1903 or so \u2013 when the photo may have been taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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