The death of Tad Lincoln

[LincolnMan]

(08-08-2013 03:13 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Gene's post made me think of another Tad Lincoln photo not often seen in books. Back in 2005 Rick Gumpert sent me a photo of Tad posing with Rick's great grandfather, Gustav E. Gumpert. Gus was a friend of Tad's who lived in Philadelphia. There is a nice article about Gus Gumpert here. I think Rick was thinking I would add the photo to my website, but I totally forgot I even had it until recently. Rick told me that Carl Sandburg had once contacted his mother about the family's photograph of Tad and Gus plus other information about the Tad Lincoln-Gus Gumpert friendship. Here is the image Rick Gumpert sent me:

In reading the article, Tad is described as a "tag-about-boy." What does that mean? My how our language has changed!