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JWB photo - yes or no? - STS Lincolnite - 06-10-2025 01:43 PM https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/maillet-daguerreotype-collection/unknown-photographer-25/262835 I am always skeptical about unknown (or largely unknown) photos of Booth or Lincoln. I have seen so many spurious claims. That said, with a quick look (which is all I have had time to give this image having the link just sent to me via email), I think this one has a higher possibility of being legit. Nothing right of the bat told me it's not him. Apparently, this was once in the collection of Josephine Cobb, formerly of the National Archives. It was she who zoomed in and found Lincoln seated on the platform at Gettysburg. So friends, what do you think? Is this JWB or not? RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - J. Beckert - 06-10-2025 03:55 PM It's a hard no from me. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - RJNorton - 06-10-2025 04:15 PM I second Joe. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - AussieMick - 06-10-2025 05:15 PM The problem for me is that once I start leaning to say yes or no ... I cannot stop convincing myself in that direction. I lean towards 'yes'. The man's right eye seems like other images of Booth ... it appears to me that it is looking in a slightly different direction to the left. Also the ear is on the side of the head ... LOL ... yes, as usual. But there does seem a similarity with Booth's ear (when shown) in other images. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - Steve - 06-11-2025 02:18 AM The man is not Booth. I'll admit he has some resemblance to Booth. But I compared the man's left ear to the shape of Booth's left ear in known photographs of Booth and the man's ears are shaped too differently to be the same person. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - RJNorton - Yesterday 12:38 PM Many thanks to Scott for sending this image so folks can see the "is it Booth" alongside JWB. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - AussieMick - Yesterday 04:20 PM Hmm. The nose does seem totally different. Using my tablet I zoomed in and they are different to my old eyes. The chin is wrong too. RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - Gene C - Today 07:20 AM If it is Booth, over the years his taste in clothes certainly improved. I bet that first photo just had all the girls swooning - https://tenor.com/view/princess-prince-hysterical-laughing-woman-gif-23765608 RE: JWB photo - yes or no? - Rob Wick - Today 02:02 PM To compare apples to apples you need to see a known picture of Booth without a mustache. To my knowledge, there is only one. It comes from the Booth Brothers picture which includes JWB, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., and Edwin. I cropped the other two out of this, and tried to blow it up as much as possible without losing too much distinction. Comparing the two, as much as is possible, leads me to believe that the picture in question is in no way Booth. Best Rob