I have sometimes wondered how our perception of history would be different if the technology to record sounds had come about before the technology to record images. Because if that had happened, we would likely know how people from history sounded.
I have covered both William Gillette and Samuel Clemens as pipe smokers on this blog before. Here is a very interesting link between them.
Interesting post, AlanDP! It was wonderful to hear Gillette's imitation/interpretation of Clemens voice.
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