Sarah Bush Johnston photograph

[RJNorton]

Ed Steers, Chuck Hand, and Wayne Temple are very well-known and well-respected in the Lincoln community. If those folks say it's Sarah Lincoln then I am leaning to be a believer. However, there are other opinions I'd love to know. Among these people would be James Cornelius, the Lincoln Curator at the ALPLM. Also, Sam Wheeler, State Historian. I'd also be curious what Tom Schwartz thinks, although he no longer works in Illinois. And there are others, too numerous to name, including members of this forum who have not yet posted an opinion.

In Ed Steers' book the two photos are both on the same page next to each other. My eyes are definitely aging, but to me, it looks like the two images are probably (definitely not 100% sure) the same woman. There is sure a close resemblance, but I am not a photograph expert by any means.