That’s Abraham Lincoln up there — without his trademark beard or top hat (but with the stern-faced look that all people had for the camera back then). It’s part of a cool little blog that Amy left up for me, which showcases then-and-now photos of people.
As the Mitch Hedberg bit they use in their “About” page puts it:
One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said, “Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.”
Every picture is of you when you were younger.
“Here’s a picture of me when I’m older.”
You son-of-a-bitch! How’d you pull that off? Lemme see that camera… what’s it look like?
Although they have some famous people, like Lincoln, as well as Einstein and Bill Gates, most of the site so far is just average, ordinary, everyday people (unless they are famous but I don’t recognize them — the site is first-name-only, most of the time).
It’s worth looking at just to see how people change, but also stay the same, but I also loved checking out the old colours, old fashions and old photographic compositions that people have uploaded.
Looks like the blog is just getting started. I wish them well!
Grant Hamilton
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Thanks for the well wishes. Hope to see you on the site.