Samuel Clemens – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:46:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 A daguerreotype links past with future in Fire in the Heart https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/a-daguerreotype-links-past-with-future-in-fire-in-the-heart/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/a-daguerreotype-links-past-with-future-in-fire-in-the-heart/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:56:56 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=325 Before the world knew him as author Mark Twain, young Samuel Clemens posed for this 1850 daguerreotype. By Mark_Twain_by_GH_Jones,_1850.jpg: G.H.[?] Jones [or Jonco?] / Hannibal Mo derivative work: Smalljim (Mark_Twain_by_GH_Jones,_1850.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Before the world knew him as author Mark Twain, young Samuel Clemens posed for this 1850 daguerreotype. By Mark_Twain_by_GH_Jones,_1850.jpg: G.H.[?] Jones [or Jonco?] / Hannibal Mo derivative work: Smalljim (Mark_Twain_by_GH_Jones,_1850.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Molly gets a clue about her family’s past through a daguerreotype.

Far from a simple snapshot, these photographic relics are being kept alive by a small group of devotees.

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