Now, the man who said he found the photo has come forward to say it is a fake.
Thirty years ago, John Potter of Savannah said he had found the photo in an antique frame at a yard sale. On the back was inscribed the name CSS Georgia. He couldn't afford the asking price, but took a picture of it and mailed it to a historical group in Savannah.
He now says that as a teenager in Savannah, he and his brother Jeffrey shot a short 8 MM film about the CSS Georgia and built a two-foot long model of it. He wanted to test his skills to see if he could be a Hollywood special effects artist.
To do so, his younger brother put on a coat and straw hat and went to a marsh with a fishing pole and Potter took a picture of him from the back. He then took another photo of the model then glued it to the picture of his brother. he then used dirt and glue to "age" the photo.
Pretty Sneaky Fella. --Old B-R'er
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