Okie I agree with you on that point but I do not think it was taken in 1888 as Bettys detractors claim. I would give an early 1880's date, and it is obviously someones wedding though as all the women are wearing cortages. Whos? I don't know. Dons Jacksons family consistently claims that his great-grandfather J.Z. who appears in the photo never left Blevins after he settled in about 1870, he never went as far as Waco, so it could not have been taken in Missouri and the house and porch do not match the James Farm. Betty has sent me some unpublished images of James Courtneys porch and they exactly match the eBay photos porch!