I think she failed to notice the quotes around the word orginal....
While you are worried about quote marks, you failed to understand the words. Let me repeat, there is no original photo of FS visible to the public at this time.
There is just no evidence that the photograph has been retouched. People may have heard the photograph has been retouched...but of course, second hand gossip can't be taken as fact!
I believe the German courts so states there is no known photo which has not been retouched.
Penny and Greg have so stated that there is no known photo available to see at this time.
All photographs are from copies of copies of copies, all of which are copies of a photo/photos which were retouched.
Do we know to what extent the copies have been retouched. No. Why? Because we do not have a photo upon which we can use because we do not know the degree any of the copies were made from photos that were retouched.
And it stands that Gertrude had no problem recognizing the photo as that of her sister.
It is thought she believed there was a resemblance of AA to her sister. But this is the subjective part of the discussion. For example, Annie use to see the photos of AA and GD Anastasia as being the same person. Now, Annie thinks AA looks like FS.
I don't think AA looks like GD Anastasia or FS.
Unless Bear is arguing that the photograph really isn't of FS? That's it, isn't it?
Ignore...ignore...ignore....
Hmmmmmmm, I have never suggested this, but, now, that you have, I guess we don't know if the retouched photograph of FS is actually FS. Why? I guess we can use the same reasoning, we don't know, because, we don't have the original photograph or untouched copies presented so we can compare.
Remember, I didn't come up with this suggestion.
I am assuming that the similiarities of FS and AA are close enough to make a brother ponder but deside AA was not his sister and a highly emotional sister to be in error for a moment or two which created the outburst in the police station.
Were the changes made to make FS to look more like GD Anastasia or to look more like AA??? That is the real question. One which no one knows until some evidence springs out of somewhere and onto this forum.
AGRBear