Your photographs are faded.
No more contrast is present.
Scratches prevent you to recognize important details
as for example jewellery, typical clothes, faces expressions
or
other special characteristics.
Diagnosis
/ treatment +
Photographs are often exposed to
the light during longer period.
By restoration, details can be discovered again. Here
for example,
were removed scratches, lightness and contrast were remade;
the figures were artistic emphasized by background.
The faces were easily retouched as you see.