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>a number used Cyrillic writing, some Spanish or maybe Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, French, German, some other languages I didn't immediately recognize.. It's
by ClapperHeid 4y ago
>a number used Cyrillic writing, some Spanish or maybe Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, French, German, some other languages I didn't immediately recognize..
It's not the languages used in signs that I had a problem with. And I wasn't complaining about the fact that there were a lot of US ones per se. It was more that, several of the US ones you only had the "cultural reference" [for want of a better phrase] to go on, as there was nothing era-defining in the image.
For example, I got a photo of some basketball players. No period costume, no recognition factor of anyone involved, or the team colours or kit. As far as I knew it could have been from any time in the past 60 years. Similarly a picture of some cheerleaders --same problem. I also got a picture of a department store I'd never heard of. Just the building. No people or vehicles or anything. Presumably it would have meant something to someone from the US, who might have recognised it or had an idea of when the brand was established. But it meant nothing to me.
Conversely, I got several photos [as you did] with signage in foreign languages. But, in those cases, there was enough other "stuff" I could pick up on --things like the syle of clothing or the facial hair, or the cars-- to allow me to make a reasonable guess.
So, I'm not objecting to images being predominately fomr the US. I presume it's an American site. But, as I said previously, we need something to go on, otherwise it's just a random guessing game.
- kmoser 4y agoI tend to use clues like color saturation, grain, and depth of field as much as cultural references. Assuming they didn't add artificial artifacts, that can give you a pretty reasonable range to start with.
- arp242 4y agoIn the end, everyone knows more about some things than other. I know next to nothing about cars, or sports. "Something to go on" is different for everyone. Even very obvious things are not always "very obvious" for everyone. I had one with Heinrich Himmler inspecting what seem to be POWs. So, probably taken between 1940-1944. Easy. Would you expect someone from Indonesia to get this? Or south America? Or Africa? > otherwise it's just a random guessing game. It kind of is, partially.