Tad photo?

[RJNorton]

Yes. I think the lack of provenance is often more telling than the existence ... if you know what I mean.
But ( I'm a Libran and allowed to be indecisive ) , the ear brings my opinion to yes its Tad. Probably.

http://Medicaldaily.com/ears-better-fing...id-234507/

Michael, I cannot find the quote right now, but Dr. Blaine Houmes once posted the importance of ear matching when trying to identify people in photos. This photo makes me wonder how difficult it must be to place a proper value on photos such as this when the provenance is weak and the evidence leads in two directions - IMO, Gene is right in comment #16 where he writes, "If Mary Lincoln gave him a photo of Tad (for whatever reason) surely he would have made a diary entry about it."