PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoAuthor Mark Twain with his cat, Dublin. USA, 1906media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageAuthor Mark Twain with his cat, Dublin. USA, 1906media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIs that like, Dublin, California, USA or some other Dublin? Because Dublin, California sure doesn’t look like that any more.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoDublin is the name of the cat.
minus-squared15d@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI think dublin refers to his cat.
minus-squareFloatingAlong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoSo 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/
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis 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? 🤔
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s Dublin, New Hampshire
Is that like, Dublin, California, USA or some other Dublin?
Because Dublin, California sure doesn’t look like that any more.
Dublin is the name of the cat.
That makes a lot more sense.
I think dublin refers to his cat.
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/
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? 🤔
It’s Dublin, New Hampshire