r/whereisthis • u/jazzypolystyrene17 • 2d ago
Solved Where is this taken of my Grandad?
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but while fixing an old family album i found this photo of my grandad (man on the right). My mum desperately wants to know where it was taken and my best idea was to come to reddit to ask since i have no clue My grandad fought in World War 2 and passed before i was alive so i cant ask him anything. The writing above the photo is other peoples names like Albert, Sheila and Dorothy who are on the page too and have also passed, there is also what looks like “masmarshal” or “mr marshal” but im not sure I do know my grandad did not write this or put the album together, that would be my aunt who also doesnt know where the photo is taken. I cant read whatever is written on the back of the photo unfortunately. If there is a better place to post this please let me know and thanks for any help anyone can give knowing where this is taken! I can try answer any questions if they help find the location!
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u/False-Goose1215 1d ago
There’s the added benefit that, given the location of the photo, it had to have been taken after 2 May 1945, the day the Germans surrendered in Italy
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u/jazzypolystyrene17 1d ago
Wow that never occurred to me! He was part of the British army and I have his medals somewhere, maybe one would link to this photo, thanks!
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u/OldschoolFRP 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think the back view is upside down; flip it and it reads 4556/1.
Just a guess, but that could mean 1945, May 6, 1st picture in a series. That would be just 4 days after the surrender. (Edit: A guess based on having deciphered a lot of old notes on pictures at work and for family.)
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u/jazzypolystyrene17 1d ago
I can totally see that! Ill have to see if theres any similar photos thatd go in some collection about but i think thats a very plausible theory, thanks so much!
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u/Winter-Travel5749 2d ago
That looks like it might be the Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort behind them, on the Lido island of Venice, Italy.
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u/FreddyFerdiland 2d ago
venice
hotel excelsior . i know there might be 10,000 excelsior hotels. but how many look like that ?
how it used to look
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lido_di_Venezia_-_Tram_davanti_all%27Excelsior.jpg
how it looks now
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u/SuperFaulty 1d ago
Not sure if this is the right place to ask
This is DEFINITELY the place to ask about this! :) Glad it got sorted out.
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u/MultnomahFalls94 1d ago
Try to get granddad’s WWII Military record. NARA Archives. I hope someone responds with the location answer faster than I can try. Looking…..
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u/serunati 13h ago
I think you can drop your pic into one of the AI tools and ask it for details and it figures out where it is etc.
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u/FarAd1429 1d ago
Your grandad got out of Germany just in time the Nuremberg trials were about to start😅now he’s just pop-pop instead of the Jew hunter 🤣
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