In 1905, Charles Chesnutt was one of a select group of "America's leading writers of fiction" invited to attend the 70th birthday dinner celebration for Mark Twain held at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City on December 5 of that year. The Cleveland Leader noted the honor—Chesnutt was only person from Cleveland invited— in an article that appeared in the paper on December 4, 1905. In this photograph, Chesnutt is the man sitting on the far side of the table between another man with a moustache and a woman with blonde hair. | Date: 1905 | Source: Library of Congress Photo CollectionDownload Original File
