The white train
by John Spaulding
Part of National poetry series
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How does viewing history and human emotion through the lens of early photography, rather than traditional written accounts, shift your understanding of the people who lived a century or more ago?
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If you could step inside one of the daguerreotypes, tintypes, or snapshots mentioned in the collection, which era or specific photograph would you choose to inhabit, and why?
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The book gives a voice to those who are "no longer able to speak for themselves"—how does John Spaulding manage to breathe life and personality into anonymous subjects without modern biographical context?
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