What to write on the back of family photos, besides date and place?

[Psyer]

Dear all, I'm applying for spousal sponsorship, and I plan to submit 20 photos of me and my spouse taken over the years, as an additional proof of the genuineness of our relationship. My understanding is that on the back of each photo, I need to write the date and place the photo was taken. But would you recommend that I also write a little background/context? For example: dance club together, 1st anniversary, honey moon, etc.

Thank you very much!

 

[Psyer]

Also, does it matter which type of pen/ink I use to write on the back of the photos? Is a ball pen okay?

 

[Western Mountain Man]

Dear all, I'm applying for spousal sponsorship, and I plan to submit 20 photos of me and my spouse taken over the years, as an additional proof of the genuineness of our relationship. My understanding is that on the back of each photo, I need to write the date and place the photo was taken. But would you recommend that I also write a little background/context? For example: dance club together, 1st anniversary, honey moon, etc.

Thank you very much!

-Date of photo
-Sponsor name and birthday
-PA name and birthday
-Few simple words regarding context.
-Location

Sharpie pen works good

 

[rhysalden]

-Date of photo
-Sponsor name and birthday
-PA name and birthday
-Few simple words regarding context.
-Location

Does it have to be the exact date? For example some I know were taken in July 2019 but I don't know the day exactly.

 

[AutumnSkies]

I wrote exact dates, but if you honestly don’t know just write what you do know and try to be as detailed as you can. For our application we actually typed the info on the computer and printed it off on shipping labels which we then attached to the back of each photo. That’s an option too if you’re not confident in the legibility of your writing or you want to keep things neat and tidy!

 

[Psyer]

I wrote exact dates, but if you honestly don’t know just write what you do know and try to be as detailed as you can. For our application we actually typed the info on the computer and printed it off on shipping labels which we then attached to the back of each photo. That’s an option too if you’re not confident in the legibility of your writing or you want to keep things neat and tidy!

Thank you so much for the info about the content!
And great idea to print it instead of hand writing. I think I'll do that, too.

 

[typomatica]

We included about 4 pics per page and just hand wrote month/year, and a one liner about each pic underneath them, i.e. “Celebrating my sister’s wedding in Alberta with family and friends (Catherine and Ben)”

 

[Psyer]

We included about 4 pics per page and just hand wrote month/year, and a one liner about each pic underneath them, i.e. “Celebrating my sister’s wedding in Alberta with family and friends (Catherine and Ben)”

Do you mean you printed the pics on A4 papers? Thanks

 

[typomatica]

Do you mean you printed the pics on A4 papers? Thanks

Yes I just arranged them in a word doc, 4 to a page, and printed.

 

[Whitley]

There are, in fact, a zillion “wrong ways” of marking your materials, some of which can permanently damage or even destroy old photographs and other items in your family archive or collection.

 

[Whitley]

There are, in fact, a zillion “wrong ways” of marking your materials, some of which can permanently damage or even destroy old photographs and other items in your family archive or collection DGCustomerFirst

any other option?