Notice that in the other supposed Bookhout image, his face isn't puffy.
So, what are we supposed to believe here? That Bookhout had a puffy face in 1937, then he lost it and had a gaunt face in 1963, and then it puffed out again in 1968?
No, of course not. They added the puffiness to the 1968 photo of Crowder. They made it puffy. But notice that they did not add the drag-queen eyebrows that they added to the yearbook photo.
Of course, nobody actually has eyebrows like those on the left. But, notice the disparity in the ears. Here's the comparison to Crowder:
Perfect. Now, here's the other guy's; very different.
He stood six feet three inches tall, weighed about 200 pounds, and was in many ways a handsome man. Bob had the look that many people associate with being a Texan -- tall, angular, with a somewhat swarthy, leathery complexion. In some ways he reminded me of John Wayne, James Arness, and Jimmy Stewart, all rolled into one. Bob looked very good in Western twill and boots and had the shape of head that a three-and-a-quarter inch brim white Western hat just naturally fit.
Does that describe the other guy above who is all stooped over?
It's Bob Crowder on the right in the newsprint photo. This is another one of those photo conversions, like in the Altgens photo where they moved over the "crown" of Young Lovelady in order to turn Oswald into Lovelady. In this case, they puffed up Crowder's cheeks, which of course removed wrinkles, and I'm sure they did other things. But below, it is Bob Crowder, on the right and on the left, and that is certain.
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