Louis Weichmann

[emma1231]

I'm about five years late in posting my thoughts about the subject of whether or not the man in the window of the Commissary Gen'l of Prisoners, etc; is Louis Weichmann. I just stumbled upon it! I always believed it was "probably" him. He worked in the building, that we are sure of. Since it was a group shot of all or some of the employees, it's likely that it's him. Whoever was responsible for the blow-up shown here did a terrific job. I must assume there was no attempt at doctoring it in any way. It's like seeing it for the first time! As someone (Laurie?) pointed out, the chin line seems diff't. but it could be due to the fact that the man is smiling with a grin, which could have made his chinline seem diff't. I am not sure, as I think Gene said, that the hair is parted on the same side. It appears NOT to be, in my opinion. But that's not a certainty. The hairline seems lower on the man in the window, but that, too, could be just the way the his hair is combed. He is dressed identically. So I still think it's "probably" LJW.
By the way, I am no so sure it was Mike Kauffman who first came up with this matter. (Did someone say he did so in a Civil War magazine in 1985??) Sometime in 1976 I reported in my old Lincoln Log newsletter that Pep and/or Ray Martin came up with it. I believe I also showed a photo of Pep standing in the room, at that very same window. Ray no doubt took the picture. Unfortunately, an air conditioner precluded Pep from being photographed from the outside of the building. -- Richard Sloan[/i]