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Seven photographs. SLC on a verandah, smoking. Photograph series, "the progress of a moral purpose..." 2 of 7: "There do seem to be so many diffi..."

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5123894

Item data

Title

Seven photographs. SLC on a verandah, smoking. Photograph series, "the progress of a moral purpose..." 2 of 7: "There do seem to be so many diffi..."

Collection

Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 (bulk 1870-1938)
Portraits and Pictorial Works
Portraits

Names

Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1906-08
Place: [Dublin, NH]

Library Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Clemens
Shelf locator: m.b. Clemens, S. L. Holographs

Subjects

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910

Genres

Portrait Photographs

Notes

Ownership: W. T. H. Howe

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Photograph 2 of a series of 7. 12 x 16 cm. Seven photographs taken by Albert Bigelow Paine. See Paine, Mark Twain, A Biography, vol. 3, p. 219-20. SLC ordered multiple sets to send to friends. It is accompanied by a sheet of writing paper: "This series of 7 photographs registers with scientific precision, stage by stage, the progress of a moral purpose through the mind of the human race's Oldest Friend. SLC" No. 6 is missing from this set and has been replaced by the printed version cut from a magazine, implying wider publication as well, and the series is accompanied by a (specially?) printed version of the same.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15893396
Archives ID: 19174
accession number: 64B8787b
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d16b110-09c6-0130-a138-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Seven photographs. SLC on a verandah, smoking. Photograph series, "the progress of a moral purpose..." 2 of 7: "There do seem to be so many diffi..."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d16b110-09c6-0130-a138-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. Seven photographs. SLC on a verandah, smoking. Photograph series, "the progress of a moral purpose..." 2 of 7: "There do seem to be so many diffi..." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d16b110-09c6-0130-a138-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Seven photographs. SLC on a verandah, smoking. Photograph series, "the progress of a moral purpose..." 2 of 7: "There do seem to be so many diffi..."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d16b110-09c6-0130-a138-58d385a7bbd0

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