[APFel]

Ugh, I just can't get that photo out of my head. There are SO MANY THINGS wrong with it. I see the white lettering at the bottom and it makes me think that this photo was passed off as genuine.

First of all, a person brings their gun to a photo shoot because it is a prized possession, not because they want to threaten the camera man with it. A genuine photo would have the firearm visiable from the side.

Anyone with any self respect would never allow themselves to be photographed sitting in the dirt. Corpses gunned down by posses are even photographed on their feet.

A 19th century photographer has a very crude notion of "background". The shot should have been tighter around the people being photographed.

The people should have been posed "tighter" per 19th century shots. If you look at 18XX shots, people are nearly always crammed together to pose.

Man, that photo bugs me. :)

APf

[ScottFromSpokane]

I wasn't going to bother to respond to you, but since you insist: The photo belonged to my step-grandfather.

The man at the back right is his father Milo, born 1865, died 1937. At the front left is Milo's brother William, born 1865, died 1927.

Here's another photo of them with a man whom I assume is another brother.

I have no doubt you're going to go on and on and on about how both photos are fake. Have at it, kid.