SH Archive Abraham Lincoln Was a Weird Looking Dude
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That's part of the apparatus behind him to keep him still while the photo is being taken.
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That's the story anyway. Stole this off of Pinterest.
So, one can either believe that people back in the 19th century couldn't hold their position for a few minutes or this explanation was invented to explain why so many early photos of important people seem to be propped up wax figures/corpses.
This is touched on in the Lee thread as well.
Is General Robert E. Lee dead in this 1865 photo?
Additionally, I know @KorbenDallas has outlined the history of photography in several threads on the site, and I believe by the time this photo was taken, the process should have been quick enough to not warrant the use of such an apparatus (unless the subject was extremely fidgety!)
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The idea of using a mannequin or wax figure as a stand in for someone (like Lincoln) for a photo in the 19th century is an intriguing thought. Does anyone have any information about the practice of doing so?
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This video has been posted a couple of times before, and some don't see what this guy is talking about, but I do.
The picture on the penny is not Lincoln. It is a picture of someone with a Lincoln mask. Look right below his ear to see where the mask is torn.
If not for the serial #(?) in the mask, I would think they skinned him after he died like Silence of the Lamb-style and someone wore his face for a photo shoot.
1. The guys on Lincoln's right is much crisper, photographically speaking, than the other guy. His head looks pasted on, like it's floating.
2. Why do none of their clothes fit? Lincoln's coat is too tight. Floating head dude's coat is too big.
3. Why is Lincoln wearing his signature hat? He was already tall. He'd be easy to snipe with that hat on.
4. Lincoln's shoulders are too narrow. He was 6''4'.
Ya'll, ain't nothin' real.
Considering the supposed explosion of photography in Lincolns lifetime, I find these two statements alone evidence of fraud...
'There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln'
In relevance to paintings...
'There are many pictures of Lincoln; there is no portrait of him' John George Nickolay, secretary to the president.
Truth hidden in plain sight.
Ok, it is wiki, however I would expect monumental amounts of photos, good and bad.
List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia
How about this?
When a man named Albert Kaplan purchased the photo above, labeled “Portrait of a Young Man,” from an art gallery in New York in 1977, he decided that its subject looked like a young Abraham Lincoln.
Who knows?
5 Historical Photos That Don't Actually Depict The Famous People They Claim
Good observations. Thats the photo that i think whitewave thought lincoln looked to be a woman dressed up. Lincoln sure is hippy with what looks like a bossom and small hands. I also think the lincoln woman was pasted into that photo too.
I guess we will never know what the civil war period was really about. Maybe its really something to do manifest destiny and expanding jesuit freemasonic america westwards. Either that or native rebellions down south like in 1812 after the big earthquakes.
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What I find quite interesting regarding Lincoln is that on paper he is a relation to my family, a second cousin to my great, great grandfather. However, my staunchly Republican family never mentioned him as a relation and they were fully aware of their own family tree (as much as one could be) via Bible records and oral history.
Furthermore, Mr. Lincoln was quite unlucky in the human legacy aspect. Only one of his 4 children survived. That child produced 3 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren who were all either never married or did marry but died childless. Something is odd there.
My great, great grandfather, on the other hand, left a legacy that now numbers over a hundred souls descended from him. Genetically we match others from the Lincoln line (I was naive and had testing done years ago) so I do feel that our family group is solidly related if you put stock in DNA testing. I might ask a few distant cousins if they were ever made aware of this "connection" to one of the greatest American presidents. My personal opinion is that this person was assigned to an either nonexistent Lincoln OR he was assigned the backstory of a deceased person. But that's just my feeling.
ETA: I sometimes become fully aware that we are all related to the characters in this drama of fabricated history, either in reality or in narrative. Especially those who have "colonial American" roots...for whatever that title is worth.
Furthermore, Mr. Lincoln was quite unlucky in the human legacy aspect. Only one of his 4 children survived. That child produced 3 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren who were all either never married or did marry but died childless. Something is odd there.
My great, great grandfather, on the other hand, left a legacy that now numbers over a hundred souls descended from him. Genetically we match others from the Lincoln line (I was naive and had testing done years ago) so I do feel that our family group is solidly related if you put stock in DNA testing. I might ask a few distant cousins if they were ever made aware of this "connection" to one of the greatest American presidents. My personal opinion is that this person was assigned to an either nonexistent Lincoln OR he was assigned the backstory of a deceased person. But that's just my feeling.
ETA: I sometimes become fully aware that we are all related to the characters in this drama of fabricated history, either in reality or in narrative. Especially those who have "colonial American" roots...for whatever that title is worth.
So we have a guy whose features include:
Long, narrow, angular head
Deepest eyes with prominent brows
Large nose
High cheekbones
Square jaw
Thin lips
Slender frame with narrow shoulders
Tall for the time, around 6'4"
Was this a common look for men back then? Every picture of Lincoln looks different, yet they all follow this same basic type. Clones, relatives, dopplegangers, whatever they were, they were in on some big secret. In the picture of him flanked by two officers, both of them are doing the hidden hand gesture. All three men appear to have been pasted onto a background.
Long, narrow, angular head
Deepest eyes with prominent brows
Large nose
High cheekbones
Square jaw
Thin lips
Slender frame with narrow shoulders
Tall for the time, around 6'4"
Was this a common look for men back then? Every picture of Lincoln looks different, yet they all follow this same basic type. Clones, relatives, dopplegangers, whatever they were, they were in on some big secret. In the picture of him flanked by two officers, both of them are doing the hidden hand gesture. All three men appear to have been pasted onto a background.
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My great, great grandfather, his daughter (my great grandmother) and grandson (my maternal grandfather) all had VERY interesting features. Especially my great grandmother who was a "handsome" woman but quite fierce looking. In her old age she looked like an old man and those brow ridges...yikes! In that way I can say it's possible we share a bloodline with the character (or actor) Lincoln.
The attached b&w partial image is my gg grandfathe(for some level of security I tried to keep it vague).
My feeling is that my family tried to get out of some part of the game. So they continually moved away from the main family at regular intervals, choosing more remote areas every time. This guy was a farmer in the foothills of the mountains. Maybe he wanted a break from the family business whatever it may have been.
The images of Lincoln are without a doubt, inconsistent. He looks like my great grandmother did at 92 in some of the photos except with black hair.
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Not surprised Lincolns pics are "strange".... he also staged his death btw (same like JFK and both have much in common, Gematria etc.). And you can also find pics from Mr. Hiedler which differ and the usual handsigns with him too. Perhaps there were 2-3 actors playing him..
I am not so good in comparing face features tho. I remember this guy who said even in the US civil war this ABR (actor based reality) was done already , he showed severall generals who alledegly played officers of both sided. But I was not convinced as they also have these massive beards so not so easy...
EDIT, here interesting post
I am not so good in comparing face features tho. I remember this guy who said even in the US civil war this ABR (actor based reality) was done already , he showed severall generals who alledegly played officers of both sided. But I was not convinced as they also have these massive beards so not so easy...
EDIT, here interesting post
Did Lincoln attend his own funeral?
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