Is This Abraham Lincoln?

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(06-29-2017 03:10 PM)wcvet6 Wrote:  http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2016/11/fake...is-coffin/

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the j. gurney photo is called a fake on they civil war blog by historian PA Historian
Norman Gasbarro, Ed.D., is a genealogical/historical researcher and writer living in Philadelphia, PA. Norm taught history for over twenty-five years. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College with a major in history and holds advanced degrees from Rowan University (NJ) and Columbia University (NY).

The way that I read this brief comment about the Gurney photo, Gasbarro does not say that the photo is fake. He is chastising Lorant for not providing details as to how the photo ended up in the Nicolay collection. Dr. Rietveld explained that rather adequately, and Lorant may have been under the thumb of an editor who was asking for a reduction in text (most publishers demand this right off the bat). I would guess that Lorant assumed that portion could be excised from his manuscript because many readers would already know the story. Please note that this is my GUESS only.

My closest friends on this forum know that I was recently involved in several years of lawsuits and appeals from a person who believes that he/she has a death photo similar to the ones that Gasboro featured. I happened to disagree with that person (as did many others more knowledgeable than I). My experience was one of the most frustrating times of my life, and it put my job in jeopardy.

May I respectfully ask that we purchase some Abraham Lincoln bandages, as featured in another post. and use them to stop the blood-letting that has been going on over this particular topic? I do not want to see anyone from this group have to go through what I went through.