Respectfully addressing you, it is highly unlikely you have seen the photograph. Do you notice the redacted portion of the title? The photograph also had this written on it: "300 new words from being off her ----" we have never found out how the sentence ends, if you recall seeing the picture, did you see the complete phrase? If the item and the phrase for that matter were completely innocent, either it would have been released or the phrase would not have been redacted. It really makes me lose my mind, trying to figure out how the phrase ends. It also seems to have the phrase "heart two hearts" or something along those lines written on it, but the interviews are hard to make heads or tails from. I would love to be proven wrong, if the picture is out there and has always been it would put an end to this mystery. Thank you for your recollection CorallaroC
FrankieB thank you for your thoughtful reply.
your Question was: "Do you notice the redacted portion of the title?"
A: I am not sure what you mean, Which "title?
next Question: "The photograph also had this written on it: "300 new words from being off her ----" we have never found out how the sentence ends."
A: Frankie, I do not recall seeing a pic of the "300 words" thing. What I do recall, now after putting more thought to it, is that the photos originated in one of the lesser-tabloids. Someone had taken a photo of the printed tabloid page which purportedly had a "photo" of the brochure found in the home! And who knows if in the fine print, the whole thing was just a "recreation" based on some un-named reliable source!
The overall page was very grainy, and 2 or 3 other "zoomed in" photos accompanied it. The brochure had black and white grainy pics of JR and at least two other contenders for the award (although their names and faces were obscured by photo-cropping). The markings appeared to be in red marker, a heart drawn around the pic of JR, the word "YES" written clumsily near it. And the word "NO" written near one of the competitors.
No, I do not recall
seeing the "300 words" thing written out in the same red ink, or depicted in the alleged photo..
I guess I can be considered an told-timer here, and I will be the first to admit that after nearly 20 yrs my memories could be fading or mixed up. Perhaps I should not have chimed-in unless I had some link or a .jpg to back it up. Because really, one of the biggest problems nowdays is that many of the old reference-links are long gone. For many years certain "rare" info could still be found, but the problem was that info was on "freebie" websites which were eventually corrupted by viruses etc, or disappeared altogether (like Geocities).
Yet, I do still recall mention of the "300 word" thing. FWIW, my impression was that it was PR doodling along with the kids. The 300 words meaning IMO was about school goals for JBR, she may have been somewhat lagging behind in her vocabulary skills. JMO based on speculation of course.
It makes sense to me about a PR/child doodling based on other things we know or suspect. fopr example:
1)Scrapbook photo of BR, notations on the polaroid which PR claims she had no idea who wrote it
2)discussions in official interviews regarding BR science project
3) a photo allegedly depicting JBR's "first cursive" signature - it is obvious someone else was coaching or holding the hand of JBR.
4) just an opinion of mine, but PR tended to help the kids do things then pretend they did it on their own.
One final thought... has anyone thought to contact AmandaReconwith to ask if he/she happens to have an old archive of old pics from the JBR case? Especially during the days when the R's were suing the Globe and others - those old tabloid magazines had a lot of info(or MIS-info) that seemed to disappear.