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1855 Booth daguerreotype in "Lust for Fame?"
11-12-2013, 10:14 AM
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RE: 1855 Booth daguerreotype in "Lust for Fame?"
I think they're both considered suspect, Jenny. The one in LFF looks like Booth, but it's profile shot and he doesn't have a curl on his head. The one Gene posted I've heard is a soldier Booth befriended on a riverboat on the Mississippi river. His name escapes me.

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RE: 1855 Booth daguerreotype in "Lust for Fame?" - J. Beckert - 11-12-2013 10:14 AM

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