Speaking of color -- there was the autochrome of 1908, right? (Bottom
center of the thumbnails on this page.)
/DDD
http://steamboattimes.com/mark_twain_gallery_1.html
Mark Twain in Color
Dec. 21 1908
Stormfield
Credit: Autochrome photograph
by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
Enlargement: 527 x 417pxs.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Fred Harwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The link contains as much as I know about the photo.
>
> Google around for the source. My brief effort suggested that many have =
> posted it, but without linking to original work.
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Kit Barry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for this image. It came out very well on my printer.
>> Since this image is going into the archive I curate, it would
>> be most helpful if I could add the following information:
>>=20
>> - When was photograph taken:
>>=20
>> - By whom:
>>=20
>> - Where was photograph taken, as in Hartford, Elmira, other:
>>=20
>> - Was the original photograph a sepia print, black & white:
>>=20
>> - When and by whom was the photograph colorized:
>>=20
>> - Method of colorization:
>>=20
>> - Is it known why this photograph was taken, as in for a special =
> occasion:
>>=20
>> - Was this photograph used for a specific purpose, as in publicity:
>>=20
>> Thanking you in advance,
>>=20
>> Kit Barry
>> The Ephemera Archive for American Studies
>> Brattleboro, Vermont
>
> Fred Harwood
> Linwood Cottage
> Sheffield
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