Lost photo of Jesse James, assassin Robert Ford is found

That is cool.what a find.jesse had a fuller beard in the photo of him in the coffin though.
I'm on the fence on this one. Speaking of that coffin photo, wonder why they didn't try to get a picture that nobody could deny was the real Jessie?
 
Maybe a bit contrarian, but the guy on the right has the same slightly crossed eyes as the picture we all know as a young Jesse James.

I watched that documentary that was on one of the History-type channels about the search for Jesse James. They analyzed his photo with other photos. He had a scar or something that caused his Left eye brow to look bent. I don't see that in this photo.
 
I'm kind of doubting that the guy on the right is Jesse. We know in one real photo of Jesse about that age is that he has a receding hairline on the left side , don't see that here.
 
Photographic forensics is highly debateable but provenance is not. Let's see, nobody has ever heard of this photo for 130 years, except the family that stands to gain millions if it's true, and probably a tidy sum if it even might be James and Ford.
Suspicious? No, I'm not suspicious.
My own family has a photograph of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth in a shoebox in the attic.
I'm leaning towards not anyway, but an old family member hanging on to things....yes, that's somewhat plausible.

Beyond that, I'm not a fan of James. One thug killed off by another, which was killed off by yet another. Sounds more like Darwinism.
 
One physical trait of Jesse's was his spookily pale, gray eyes. You'll notice his eyes in every known living photo of him. The man in this photo doesn't have those eyes, nor Jesse's hairline. His name label is way too convenient. I'm just not buying into this one.

However, I've never seen a photo of Bob Ford. I suppose it's possible that this is Bob Ford sitting with SOMEONE.
 
Ears! They are so unique they've even been used to prove who's the daddy... I don't know but it just seems to me the age isn't right and the mouth isn't right. Jesse had one cold set of lips! For similar posed ears, here's that famous one of Jesse in all his Missouri guerrilla glory.

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The top of his ears is slightly below the level of his eyes. I'm too sleepy to go back to the originally posted picture. Maybe later.
 
I can't get the two photos together. tired of going back and forth. Let me add that omg Jesse is young to be running with that missouri gang. youngers, coles, weren't the daltons around at same point?
 
I can't get the two photos together. tired of going back and forth. Let me add that omg Jesse is young to be running with that missouri gang. youngers, coles, weren't the daltons around at same point?

He was 16 when he took up with Bloody Bill! You know, that guy in the photo is beginning to look like Frank. Could it be Ford and Frank James? Think this here is Frank:

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TerryB posted a link to The Daily Mail, which had some excellent photo's of Jessie. Thanks, Terry.

I do not believe it's Jessie in the picture. Looking at the early photo's of Jessie, He had a slightly upturned nose and a receding hairline that I don't see in the 'newly discovered" picture.
 
I don't know if you should cal whoever they are fake. i have never been in a gun fight and they don't make me want to.
 
The James family archives have an abundance of family photos showing their distinctive, single ear formation.

http://ericjames.org/wordpress/2013/04/22/attention-james-family-send-me-your-ears/

Thanks for posting! It's always wonderful when family members participate and you have a most interesting website as well. I was surprised to see a Boone family connection - I was just looking up Nathan Boone, the commander of Bedford Forrest's escort, who lived in Missouri. My husband's family had an encounter with your family - they were German immigrants in Wisconsin who had a bakery. Jesse and his band loaded up with bread and such from them and stayed the night. Hubby's great-great-aunt was 4 years old and Frank James spent the evening playing with her!

I was sort of leaning toward him as being the man in the picture. Is it? Or is it just some random guy?
 
Very interesting website on the James family.
There is a sort of ridiculous article --- but since it's on the web it must be true... HERE
I never would have believed this story about how Jesse killed JW Booth in 1903, but it includes photos of Frank, Jesse, Booth and others.
The Booth photo is obviously genuine, but would you comment on whether the James pictures are authentic.
 
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