Scholars may have 2nd photo of reclusive poet Emily Dickinson

 
By The Associated Press | Modified: September 8, 2012 at 9:44 pm | Published: September 9, 2012   

AMHERST, Mass. — Scholars at Amherst College in Massachusetts believe a collector may have what would be just the second known photo of Emily Dickinson.

photo - This photo released by Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, and the Emily Dickinson Museum, in Amherst, Mass., shows a copy of a circa 1860 daguerreotype purported to show a 30-year-old Emily Dickinson, left, with her friend Kate Scott Turner. The image was displayed during the August 2012 Emily Dickinson International Society conference held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. AP Photo/Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, and the Emily Dickinson Museum <strong></strong>
This photo released by Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, and the Emily Dickinson Museum, in Amherst, Mass., shows a copy of a circa 1860 daguerreotype purported to show a 30-year-old Emily Dickinson, left, with her friend Kate Scott Turner. The image was displayed during the August 2012 Emily Dickinson International Society conference held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. AP Photo/Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, and the Emily Dickinson Museum

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The college says the collector, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought the photo in 1995 in Springfield, Mass. He brought it to the college's archive and special collections staff in 2007, and...
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