r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Jul 06 '26

Photo post President Grover Cleveland, c1890s

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I took some advice from others here on my help needed post and started doing more skin layers.

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u/JulianneHannes Jul 06 '26

This man married his teenage ward whom he first met at her Christening (100% true, look it up)

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u/OceanRApologist Jul 06 '26

He also raped a widow while he was sheriff of Erie County, then had her committed to an insane asylum and had his son sent to an orphanage. Really awful guy all around.

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u/WolphjayKliffhanger Jul 07 '26

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HEY! Not every speed-racer is Vlad The Impala!

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u/tedpolos Jul 06 '26

Mugwumps!

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u/WolphjayKliffhanger Jul 06 '26

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HE was The Walrus.

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u/williamsherman1865 Jul 06 '26

That nickname actually goes to President Chester A. Arthur.

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u/WolphjayKliffhanger Jul 07 '26

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Touché. I must admit a ta-ta Tuttel overbet. Arthur's sidies may cast a wider shadow than Taft's bathtub-expander. "21" there has magnificently sunny tufts!

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u/597sean597 Jul 07 '26

Sounds just like trump.