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I had one advantage: this Victorian cabinet photo was taken at the studio of D. H. Atkins in Kinsley, Kansas. This proprietor only operated in town from November 1890 to March 1891, providing a short window for when the image…
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After acquiring the original copy of this photo, I was resolved to determine who the men were; one of them looked familiar, but I wasn’t sure exactly why or how I would recognize him. However, first, why were these three…
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How a brief reference in a doctoral dissertation tucked away in the labyrinthine stacks at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, led me to Charlie Edwards’ story, six years ago, would have been easy to forget if it had…
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When I arrived at the Huntington Library on the third of April 2019, I was searching for details to include in my dissertation, Grassroots Shakespeare, on amateur Shakespeare performance in the United States.
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