File:Lincoln - composite.JPG

Lincoln_-_composite.JPG(577 × 347 pixels, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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These enlargements compare a photo of Abraham Lincoln taken on February 5, 1865, and a photo allegedly taken April 16, 1865, following his assassination.

In his book Lincoln's Photographs: A Complete Album, Lloyd Ostendorf, a recognized Lincoln expert, noted: "Month by month the White House barbers clipped and trimmed until, in the final months of life, it was little more than a five-o'clock shadow" (393). Ostendorf also claimed the April 16 image authentic. However, his claim has been disputed, and Ostendorf died shortly after publishing his book.
Date February 5, 1865 April 16, 1865 April 10, 1865
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Author Composite created from Public Domain images and released to the Public Domain by Robert Lawton.

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current04:14, 16 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:14, 16 May 2006577 × 347 (36 KB)RklawtonThese enlargements compare a photo of Abraham Lincoln taken on April 10, 1865, and a photo allegedly taken April 16, 1865, following his assassination. Since Lincoln could not have grown out his beard in only four or five days, the April 16th date
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