You can see the somewhat lighter tawny gold shadings on the darker dogs.
From left to right these dogs are: Silence of Tone, Noranby Black-eyed Susan, Ch. Noranby Diana (my favorite of the prewar goldens), and Noranby Jane.
The Noranby goldens belonged to Winifred Charlesworth, who, it can be argued, is the person most responsible for making the golden retriever a distinct breed.
This photo would have been taken in the early 1930’s.
The affix of “Tone” was that of Miss Newton-Deakin, who owned both Noranby Black-Eyed Susan and her daughter, Silence of Tone. Both ran in field trials, as did many of the Noranbys.
I have a sweet, reddish retriever named Delilah who looks a bit like N. Diana, in the face. Beautiful, they are all just beautiful.