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RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-20-2014
James Speed.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-20-2014
Splendid, Eva! You are correct. Good job!!! Also, congratulations to Roger M. for being so close.
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2014
Who is this gentleman?
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 02-21-2014
To me he bears a resemblance to William Crook, well advanced in years.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-21-2014
Side view of Horace Greeley?
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2014
Brilliant guesses, but, sorry, neither of them.
Hint #1: Gene is right, this photo depicts the gentleman in older age. At the time of Lincoln's death he was in his fourties.
Hint #2: Roger, you are very close in guessing Horace Greeley. He was a journalist, too.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-21-2014
OK, Eva, I will stick with the "newspaperman theme."
Noah Brooks in old age?
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-21-2014
Good guess, Roger, but this gentleman was much closer to Greeley.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-21-2014
Next guess: Charles Dana?
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-22-2014
Fantastic, Roger! Well done! It is indeed Charles Dana.
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-01-2014
Who is this gentleman?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-01-2014
Doesn't really look too much like John Nicolay, but it's all that immediately comes to mind. John Nicolay?
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-01-2014
Good guess, Roger, but it's not John Nicolay.
Hint #1: In the 1840ies, he moved to Illinois.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 03-01-2014
To me, he resembles Joshua Speed (the way his hair sticks out on the side, his eyes, and eyebrows)
http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/upload/MES17812_large.jpg
http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/photo_credits.asp?photoID=235
But then again it could be Allan Pinkerton
http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/images/Pinkerton.jpg
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-01-2014
Kudos, Gene, it is Allan Pinkerton. On this photo IMO he resembles Ulysses S. Grant: