It was the nagging suspicion that Jean Clemens and Isabel Lyon were never at Stormfield together that led me to write my earlier email in which I clumsily got the year wrong.

Somehow, I seem to remember that Jean did not get to Stormfield until Miss Lyon had already been fired and left the premises.

But, I was wrong before, so I could be wrong again.  

Carl

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Arianne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I also read somewhere that the ladies at the table weren't Jean and Clara,
> but Jean and Isabel Lyon.  Not sure which caption is correct.  Please
> advise.
> Have you actually seen the correct movie?  I didn't know one could be
> "flipped."
> Arianne Laidlaw
> Sacramento
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and it
>> makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed
>> source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass
>> plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video of
>> that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up on
>> youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just to
>> be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was
>> holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking around
>> from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This
>> flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in
>> his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfield.
>> G-r-r-r-r-r...
>> 
>> Kevin
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tony Verhulst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:38 PM
>> Subject: The only known MT film footage
>> 
>> 
>>> I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it
>>> again and thought is was worth posting.
>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Existence.html
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> 
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