Gift of Claude Albert, 2011.498.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Residence of Mark Twain, Hartford, Conn.

PublisherPublished by Chapin News Company American

Datebefore 1906

MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 x 5 3/8in. (7.6 x 13.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 3/8in. (8.9 x 13.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Claude Albert

DescriptionVines grow on the porch of an ornate Victorian house with polychrome decoration and stick-style elements. A gravel or dirt path leads between grassy lawns in the foreground. Leafy trees are at left and right.

Object number2011.498.2

InscribedOn recto, lower left, printed in red ink, "Residence of Mark Twain"; lower right, "Hartford, Conn."; in pencil, "Mr. H & I are in [Hartford, Conn.] / We've seen all the places of interest & are / dead tired - wish I was with mein liebling [my darling]"
On verso, in pencil, "Miss Barbara Brooks / 666 East 145 St. / Newyork"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: Postcard is postmarked 1906. (Finlay 2/1/2011)

Subject Note: Author Mark Twain (1835-1910) lived in this house on Farmington Avenue, Hartford from 1874 to 1891. (Finlay 2/1/2011)

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