Old Family Photograph

[atalanta]

I have just found an old family wedding photograph which might date from around 1900. My grandparents are in it, as a young couple. There is a name on the cardboard frame - "Van Trotga, London and Brighton"
I'd love to date it. All the women are wearing massive hats, with either half a windowbox on them or a bunch of dead birds, together with dresses to the ground. The bride and bridesmaids have huge bouquets, and so does a woman who may well be the bride's mother. The photo seems to have been taken in the garden of a house. I have searched for "Van Trotga" to no avail. ( Actually, the hats may not be a good clue, since I recall being told that most of my ancestresses were milliners, and they may have been showing off. ) Anyone help me date the photo ?

[EDDIE51]

You are going to have to put up a copy of the photo to get any help.
Either scan it or 'photograph the photo' with a digital camera and put the scan or the digital image on here.

[shaneystar2]

Von Trolga (Ernest ) was a photographer in Brighton circa 1910.
http://spartacus-educational.com/DSindex.htm

That was on this site
http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm
They may be able to date it for you if you get in touch with them.