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House of Mark Twain, Hartford, Conn. – Historic Print

House of Mark Twain, Hartford, Conn., [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph
House of Mark Twain, Hartford, Conn., [between 1918 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Hartford collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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House of Mark Twain, Hartford, Conn.

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The house Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, built on Farmington Avenue in Hartford is the subject here, a steep-roofed, richly ornamented Victorian home that he and his family occupied from 1874 to 1891. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that photographed American towns and landmarks for postcards and publications, made this glass negative in the late 1910s, roughly three decades after the author left. By then the house drew visitors interested in the writer who had lived there, and it is now operated as a museum. The glass plate shows some streaks and surface blemishes from age, which are typical of negatives from this period.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one.
SubjectsMark Twain House & Museum (Hartford, Conn.) Houses. United States--Connecticut--Hartford County--Hartford.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,110 × 4,175 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229561

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