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What year is this? Old object or photo, dated from what's on it

Have an old thing and no date for it? Send a clear photo: a globe, a badge, a label, a printed page, a family object. I read the markers that carry the weight (place names, styles, materials, printing) against public sources and send back a short page (PDF): the year or place it points to, the markers that decide it, and the one thing that would move the date. Worked example: a globe dated by three renamed-country pairs, Lourenco Marques/Maputo, Ujung Pandang/Makassar, South West Africa/Namibia. If the photo is not enough, I tell you what else to photograph instead of guessing. 3-day delivery, one revision included.

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One thing that doesn't add up, checked at the source

You name one thing you want checked: a date, a claim you keep hearing, a rule you have to follow, a detail in a document, or an old object in a photo you want identified. I read it against public sources and send back a short page (PDF): what holds, plainly stated; where it came from; and the one source or fact that would overturn it. If it cannot be settled, I say that instead of guessing, and you are not left with a made-up answer. 3-day delivery, one revision included.

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