Lot 624
[Twain, Mark/Samuel Clemens] Original Photographs. Three original photographs taken at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York where Twain and his family summered in the 1870s and 80s and where he wrote many of his most famous works. Each photo is 7¾ x 9½ inches, with the publisher's blind stamp, "Copyright 1903 by the Curtis Publishing Company"; the name "T.E. Morr." is engraved in each plate at lower right, and the photos are numbered in the plate at lower left. One photo shows Twain looking out the window of the study built for him in 1874 by his sister-in-law Susan Crane and her husband Theodore. The study was moved to the campus of Elmire College in 1952. A second photo shows Twain sitting in the wooded area surrounding his home. He cogitates, holding a cigar in his right hand and papers in his left. The third is a photo of the home itself. All fine; minor silvering.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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