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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1512429, member: 8267&quot;][USER=13529]@Joseph Mason[/USER]</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]226705[/ATTACH] Alexander Gardner, Feb. 24, 1861&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Inauguration Mar. 4, 1861</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]226709[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Mathew Brady, April 6, 1861</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, you are saying that shortly before the inauguration, his beard was trimmed in a straight line, lower than it had previously been, close to the jawline, and by April 6th it had resumed the shape it had in late February? That&#039;s some fancy beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I imagine your retort is that these are nefarious Lincoln conspiracy photographs that cannot be trusted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe you have misinterpreted the quotes from John G. Nicolay and Walt Whitman. They most probably meant that a still portrait or photograph could not fully capture Lincoln&#039;s expressive and vivacious face as it appeared in life. I doubt that they meant that one day he had a mole, and the next day he did not. Or that he sometimes had detached earlobes and other times they were firmly attached.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the daguerreotype fittings - as I noted earlier, a daguerreotype from 1861 is not impossible. And I suppose the photographer could have rummaged around in his studio and pulled out an older style of mat and preserver. And I suppose Mrs. Lincoln could have rummaged around in her closet for a 10 year old dress to wear for her very special daguerreotype, while she was losing her plump face and adding several years to her appearance.........</p><p><br /></p><p>It is clear that you have a lot invested in your misapprehensions. But I choose not to waste any more of my time trying to disabuse you of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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