Spousal abuse of Addie Hoyt Fargo? No way part 1

This is the beginning of a series of blog entries to refute the idea that Addie was abused by her husband.
The following picture is the favorite of the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog for trying to convince readers that Addie was abused.  The photo on the left was professionally taken when Addie was newly married.  The photo on the right is five years later and not professionally taken.

This photo is the basis basis for the face picture above.  The quality is lacking and Rosemary told the local historical societ that it was on different paper......like a snapshot.  Futher, she states the picture was so bleached out she could hardly make out the images.  After her friend (Spriggs?) digitized the photo and photoshopped it Rosemary could plainly see spousal abuse - are you kidding?  This is a picture of a wife standing affectionately with her husband and posing for a picture....nothing more.  It's pretty obvious Addie ate pretty well based on the additional bulk.  Maybe eating well and living high was abuse in Rosemary's mind.  In a future blog post I'll talk about shadows, the angle of the sun and other characteristics about this photo.

This is a photograph that was professionally taken (likely) in the late 1890's.  Using the face of Addie (lower left figure) as a basis for comparison makes quite a difference in Rosemary's conclusions.  In this picture the hairline, mouth, nose, etc. look more like the face image from the spontaneous photograph with E J.

Following is the isolated facial picture of Addie from the above photo.  Looks much different that the comparison that is used to support the abuse theory. 

In future blog posts I'll continue to add details to refute the abuse theory.