Dating a photo

[SteveD]

Please take a look at this photo:

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=qxrt5x

It was taken in Brough, Westmorland (? 1923).

What is being celebrated? The flags must give a clue.

[johnlambert]

I thought it might be Empire Day, then I saw the Japanese flag.

Doh.. sorry, no idea

[jake-the-peg]

Well that Japanese flag was in use between 1845 and 1945 (which probably doesn't help a lot)

That looks like the Russian flag at the front so that's pre 1917

Put those 2 together and you think of the Japan Russia war 1904-1905

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War

Britain formed an alliance with Japan in that so I'd guess it was 1905 and they're celbrating the end of that war.

But only if that's the Russian flag

[Hammond Egg]

It looks like the Russian flag to me, too - Russia and Japan both fought on the same side as Britain in the First World War, it may have something to do with that.

[noxlumos]

Yeah I agree the clothing is spot on for turn of the century but the women's hair styles look like they might be a bit later.Quite confusing.

[SteveD]

Sorry, there's another piece of evidence which I forgot to include. On the left (as we look at it) of the canopy over the cart are the letters E G A D N and on the other side are H R L I.