Is this guy immortal?

[chubachus]

Looks like he didn't age in 42 years...

From the book Pictorial History Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers War of 1861-1865.

 

[Sbc]

lol no way!

 

[brass napoleon]

He's a genuine walking advertisement!

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I hear he'll be doing an infomercial tonight.

 

[Zuzah]

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Looks like he didn't age in 42 years...

From the book Pictorial History Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers War of 1861-1865.

Thaaat... looks weird. It looks like the 1904 photograph is still using an old process, so it could be mislabeled.

 

[John Hartwell]

I'd say the photo marked 1904 was actually taken about 1860. He looks younger than in the 1862 picture.
Just a mislabelled photo.

jno

 

[E_just_E]

yeah. Seems like he is still around:

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[Rebel_Giratina]

^ Descendant, maybe?

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

Vampire?!

Seriously it must be an error!

 

[Nathanb1]

Silly people! It's a photo of Billy the Kid after a picnic.

 

[chubachus]

Thaaat... looks weird. It looks like the 1904 photograph is still using an old process, so it could be mislabeled.

That is my best guess, that is is mislabeled.

 

[diane]

yeah. Seems like he is still around:

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Then it must be true - at least until he meets somebody with a sword yelling, "There can only be ONE!"

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

This is pretty funny

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

While I don't claim to be a clothing expert, but while giving this photo another once over, I realized the style of tie in the 1904 photo wasn't fashionable anymore. Those were still popular into the 1880's. Most men in 1904 wore something along the lines of what we would perceive as a modern tie. Bow ties were popular as well, but usually with more formal attire. Also ascot ties were trendy in the 1900's.

 

[E_just_E]

BTW, in seriousness, here is the guy (Middle name Anson, if that matters)

And here is the whole page of the book. At the OP, I thought that the 1904 was part of the photo, but it is not. Obviously a typo (Book is here btw, and this is page 102)

 

[TinCan]

What's that guys name on the History Channel? (the one with the weird hair ). I'm sure he would come up with an ancient alien connection.

 

[Patrick H]

Maybe it's really Dorian Gray...

 

[E_just_E]

Maybe it's really Dorian Gray...

Looks more like a young Henry Morgan

 

[W. Richardson]

Maybe it's really Dorian Gray...

I just watched that movie last night !! Lol...........................The Portrait of Dorian Gray !

Respectfully,
William

 

[Private Watkins]

Perhaps the original Man From Earth...?
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The Man from Earth is a 2007 American drama science fiction film written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Richard Schenkman. It stars David Lee Smith as John Oldman, the protagonist. The screenplay was conceived by Jerome Bixby in the early 1960s and completed on his deathbed in April 1998.

The plot focuses on John Oldman, a departing university professor, who claims to be a Cro-magnon (or Magdalenian caveman) who has secretely survived for more than 14,000 years. After he unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: John claims he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. Tempers rise and emotions flow as John's fellow professors attempt to poke holes in his story, but it soon becomes clear that his tale is as impossible to disprove as it is to verify. What starts out as a friendly gathering soon builds to an unexpected and shattering climax.