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Historical photograph from Jews of Rhodes: Family Memories & Heritage
c. 1940s · 0/1 identified · Jews of Rhodes: Family Memories & Heritage
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c. 1940s ± 6 yearshigh confidence

AI Analysis

Estimated by AI — help us verify

Date Estimate — AI Estimated

circa 1941

Confidence: highRange: 1935–1944
1920s
5%
1930s
25%
1940s
70%
AI Reasoning — AI Estimated

The tombstone provides a definitive terminus ante quem of February 1944. The subject, born in 1890, appears to be in his late 40s or early 50s in the portrait, which aligns with the years immediately preceding his death. The wide lapels of the suit and the grooming style are characteristic of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Location Estimate — AI Estimated

Montevideo, Uruguay, South America

Confidence: high

Likely a Sephardic cemetery in a Spanish-speaking country (e.g., Argentina, Uruguay, or Mexico) or a Spanish-speaking Sephardic enclave in the US.

Scene — AI Estimated

A formal memorial portrait of a middle-aged man inset into a black granite tombstone. The man is shown from the chest up, wearing a light-colored suit and dark tie. The tombstone features a Star of David at the top and inscriptions in both Spanish and Hebrew.

Visible Text — AI Estimated

JOSE YOHAI Q.E.P.D. 15-IV-1890 5-II-1944 פ״נ יוסף יוחאי בן סול נלב״ע י״א שבט שנת התש״ד

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Photo Detective Evidence — AI Estimated

Photo Detective Analysis

Analyzed with Gemini 3-flash (v2_rich_metadata)

Print/Physical

oval ceramic/porcelain inset portrait

moderate (1910-1960)

hand-tinted colorization on base B&W image

moderate (1920-1950)

Fashion/Grooming

man in light-colored suit with wide, notched lapels

moderate (1935-1945)

dark necktie with Windsor-style knot

weak (1930-1950)

short, slicked-back hair with neat side-parting

moderate (1930-1945)

Environment

black granite tombstone with Spanish and Hebrew inscriptions

strong (1944-1944)

Spanish acronym Q.E.P.D. (Que En Paz Descanse)

moderate (1900-2000)

Technology

porcelain photo memorial technology

moderate (1900-1960)

Cultural context: The subject died in 1944. In Sephardic traditions, the portrait chosen for a monument is typically a formal studio photograph taken within the last 5-10 years of the subject's life.

Subject Ages — AI Estimated

51

Clothing & Attire — AI Estimated

The subject wears a light-colored (possibly tan or grey) single-breasted suit with wide notched lapels, a white collared shirt, and a dark necktie.

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