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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

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Author Mark Twain with his cat, Dublin. USA, 1906 (media.piefed.social)

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[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

So it seems that this was taken in Dublin, New Hampshire, and the pictured kitten might be named Sackcloth or it might be one of two that he named Ashes.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mark-twain-liked-cats-better-people-180965265/

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This raises a far larger question. Do 'rental' kittens get to keep their name, or do they get 're-badged' so new renters can pick their own name? 🤔

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