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New Photo of Laura Keene
04-19-2013, 08:34 PM (This post was last modified: 04-19-2013 08:35 PM by BettyO.)
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New Photo of Laura Keene
Found this photo of Laura Keene - have never seen this one before....Anyone else?

It's in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society -

http://www.vahistorical.org/arvfind/snedenil1.htm



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04-19-2013, 08:44 PM (This post was last modified: 04-19-2013 08:47 PM by LincolnMan.)
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
Never saw that one! Look at that dress!

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04-19-2013, 09:20 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
I'm trying to remember who wrote the book on Laura Keene. Was it Ben Graf Henneke?
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04-19-2013, 09:22 PM
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(04-19-2013 09:20 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I'm trying to remember who wrote the book on Laura Keene. Was it Ben Graf Henneke?

Yes.
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04-19-2013, 09:36 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
When your book comes out, Tom, will this photo be in it?
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04-19-2013, 10:19 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
When do you think the photo was taken?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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04-19-2013, 11:27 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
(04-19-2013 10:19 PM)Gene C Wrote:  When do you think the photo was taken?

ISeeing I've never seen this one before, I say it was taken in her younger years.
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04-20-2013, 09:58 AM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
Judging from the dress, I say that the photo was dated sometime in the mid to early 1850s....

And - if one looks at the cover of the Laura Keene Schottisch dated 1856 - it looks like she's wearing the same dress on the cover....


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04-20-2013, 10:32 AM
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I think you're right about that Betty
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04-20-2013, 01:06 PM
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(04-20-2013 09:58 AM)BettyO Wrote:  Judging from the dress, I say that the photo was dated sometime in the mid to early 1850s....

And - if one looks at the cover of the Laura Keene Schottisch dated 1856 - it looks like she's wearing the same dress on the cover....


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Sleeves and front look a bit different.
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04-20-2013, 02:28 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
(04-19-2013 09:36 PM)L Verge Wrote:  When your book comes out, Tom, will this photo be in it?

No, I'm going with the one I found at Harvard Theatre Collection, that I showed at the conference, in which she's wearing her Act III dress from Our American Cousin.
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04-20-2013, 06:32 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
Very appropriate choice. Any word yet on the release date?
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04-20-2013, 11:34 PM
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(04-20-2013 06:32 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Very appropriate choice. Any word yet on the release date?

It's set for November 4: http://www.amazon.com/Backstage-Lincoln-...assination
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04-21-2013, 12:22 PM
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Can't wait to get it!!`
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04-21-2013, 01:41 PM
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RE: New Photo of Laura Keene
She was quite attractive. Sad, that except for her part in the Lincoln assassination story, no one would be likely to know her name today.

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