Yes, I remember seeing it here before, and probably replied then with
the same reference I'm linking here now, which proves that the
colorization was indeed a fantasy since color didn't come into the world
until the 1930s, as any student of photography, such as Calvin's dad,
well knows:
http://brake-down.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Invention-of-Color.jpg
And btw, I couldn't get those archive links to open. Are they really available?
Ben
----- Original Message ----- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:44:54 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Twain colorized photo Folks-- This photograph (and the practice of colorization) has already been= discussed on the Forum. See the Forum thread of 10 October 2013 with the S= ubject line "Colorizing photos from 19C: including MT," started by Hal Bush= . Here is a link to that initial Forum posting: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3Dind1310&L=3DTWAIN-L&P=3DR1242&I= =3D-3 The article cited in his e-mail--containing the same colorized photo of MT,= at Dollis Hill--is still a functioning URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2446391/Amazing-Civil-War-photograp= hs-created-colorist-bring-eras-heroes-characters-life-color-time.html The location is verified as Dollis Hill, 1900, per a Forum posting at that = time by none other than Robert Hirst of the Mark Twain Project: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3Dind1310&L=3DTWAIN-L&P=3DR1824&I= =3D-3 The copyright for that photo, as it appears in the Daily Mail, is "Mads Dah= l Madsen / Dynamichrome." Hope this helps! M. L. Christmas -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 3/8/14, Fred Harwood wrote: Subject: Re: Twain colorized photo - To: [log in to unmask] Date: Saturday, March 8, 2014, 11:37 AM =20 The link contains as much as I know about the photo. =20 Google around for the source. My brief effort suggested that many have =3D posted it, but without linking to original work. =20 =20 On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Kit Barry wrote: =20 > 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: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 When was photograph taken: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 By whom: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 Where was photograph taken, as in Hartford, Elmira, other: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 Was the original photograph a sepia print, black & white: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 When and by whom was the photograph colorized: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 Method of colorization: >=3D20 >=A0 -=A0 Is it known why this photograph was taken, as in for a special =3D occasion: >=3D20 > -=A0 Was this photograph used for a specific purpose, as in publicity: >=3D20 > Thanking you in advance, >=3D20 > Kit Barry > The Ephemera Archive for American Studies > Brattleboro, Vermont =20 Fred Harwood Linwood Cottage Sheffield
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