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I think it was Jean and Isabel - but I have asked Susan Durkee who knows 
a great deal about Isabel. Will get back to you.
Heather Morgan.
 
 
 On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 04:33 PM, Arianne 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 <
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>
>> 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" To: 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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>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
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