(07-31-2016, 06:54 PM)L Verge Wrote: I am no longer making any attempt to give opinions on photos, and my friends and colleagues will know why. Questions:
If there is a Baily Photographic Collection, what decades does it cover? What years did he do business in Tamaqua?
Does the building shown date to the 1860s?
Someone with access to newspapers - can you locate the Simon Jefferson lengthy obit?
How close would Tamaqua be to the oil fields of Pennsylvania that Booth had an interest in?
Are any of our Booth scholars here familiar with the lady Booth scholar mentioned as finding the photo? Carolyn, any recollection of the lady contacting Tudor Hall? That would be the logical place for a Booth scholar to have strong ties.
The hat on the subject's head speaks volumes to me about being part of a uniform, not civilian dress
I don't think she reached out to Tom Fink as far as I know. I emailed the link to the article to Dave Taylor the other day. He told me this lady sent this image to him back in 2015 after she found it. He told her it wasn't Booth.
I also replied back on the article and said the same thing.
