Author Mark Twain with his cat, Dublin. USA, 1906 : cat@lemmy.world

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

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Real name: Samuel Clemens

Mark Twain was his penname

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[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

True but most people will only recognize his pen name

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Is that like, Dublin, California, USA or some other Dublin?

Because Dublin, California sure doesn't look like that any more.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Dublin is the name of the cat.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

That makes a lot more sense.

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[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months 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 5 months 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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[–] mvilain@fedia.io 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I wonder if this was taken during the coldest winter he experienced in San Francisco during the summer.

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If this was accurately identified as 1906 then it would likely be his summer in New Hampshire

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