Miss America 1924
Helen Keller Meeting
Charlie Chaplin
Leather gloves worn by
Lincoln to Ford's Theater on the night of his assassination. Blood stains are
visible at the cuffs.
Phoebe Mozee (aka:
Annie Oakley). Famed for her marksmanship by 12 years old, she once shot the
ashes off of Kaiser Wihelm II's cigarette at his invitation. When she outshot
famed exhibition marksman Frank Butler, he fell in love with her and they
married. They remained married the rest of their lives.
Very Young Lucy
Lucille Ball around 1930
This is one of five
known X-rays of Hitler's head, part of his medical records compiled by American
military intelligence after the German's surrendered and declassified in 1958.
The records also include doctor's reports, diagrams of his teeth and nose and
electrocardiograms. He had bad teeth, lots of fillings and crowns.
Two Victorian sideshow
performers boxing - the fat man and the thin man.
Amy Johnson, English
aviator 1903-1941 One of the first women to gain a pilot's licence, Johnson won
fame when she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930. Her dangerous flight
took 17 days. Later she flew solo to India and Japan and became the first woman
to fly across the Atlantic East to West, she volunteered to fly for The Women's
Auxiialry Air Force in WW2, but her plane was shot down over the River Thames
and she was killed.
Prison Garb 1924.
Belva Annan murderess whose trial records became the musical
"Chicago."
Female photojournalist
Jessie Tarbox on the street with her camera, 1900s.
Roald Amundsen was the
first person to reach the South Pole. At approximately 3pm on December 14,
1911, Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole and named the spot
Polheim — “Pole Home.”
The extraordinary life
of Maud Allen: Seductive US dancing girl who was sued for being too lewd, outed
as a lesbian, and fled London after being branded a German spy who was sleeping
with the prime minister's wife.
John Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Caroline Otero,
courtesan, the most sought after woman in all of Europe. She associated herself
with the likes of Prince Albert I of Monaco, King Edward VII of the United
Kingdom, Kings of Serbia, and Kings of Spain as well as Russian Grand Dukes
Peter and Nicholas, the Duke of Westminster and writer Gabriele D’Annunzio. Six
men reportedly committed suicide after their love affairs with Otero ended. Two
men fought a duel over her. She was famed for her voluptuous breasts.
Wedding day photograph
of Abraham and Mary taken November 4, 1842 in Springfield, Illinois after three
years of a stormy courtship and a broken engagement. Their love had endured.
Billie Holiday at two
years old, in 1917
Washington, D.C.,
circa 1919. "Walter Reed Hospital flu ward." One of the very few
images in Washington-area photo archives documenting the influenza contagion of
1918-1919, which killed over 500,000 Americans and tens of millions around the
globe. Most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus
infection.
Filming the MGM Logo
Amelia Earhart
Mae Questel ca.
1930’s, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Minnie Mouse, Felix the Cat (for
three shorts by the Van Beuren Studios), Little Lulu, Little Audrey and Casper,
the Friendly Ghost
Bea Arthur (née
Bernice Frankel) (1922-2009) SSgt. USMC 1943-45 WW II. Enlisted and assigned as
typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then air stations in VA and NC. Best remembered
for her title role in the TV series “Maude” and as Dorothy in "Golden
Girls".
In 1911, Bobby Leach
survived a plunge over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel. Fourteen years later,
in New Zealand, he slipped on an orange peel and died.
Emily Todd was Mary
Todd Lincoln's half-sister. In 1856 she married Benjamin Helm, a Confederate
general. After Helm's death in 1863 Emily Helm passed through Union Lines to
visit her sister in the White House. This caused great consternation in the
Northern newspapers. Emily Helm took an oath of loyalty to the Union and was
granted amnesty
Three days before his
19th birthday, George H.W. Bush became the youngest aviator in the US Navy.
Market Street, San
Francisco after the earthquake, 1906.
All-American Girls
Baseball, 1940s
c. 1943 : Breast
Protectors for War Workers
Mary Ellen Wilson
(1864–1956) or sometimes Mary Ellen McCormack was an American whose case of
child abuse led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. As an eight-year old, she was severely abused by her
foster parents, Francis and Mary Connolly.
Sacajawea. Stolen,
held captive, sold, eventually reunited the Shoshone Indians. She was an
interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark in 1805-1806 with her husband
Toussaint Charbonneau. She navigated carrying her son, Jean Baptiste, on her
back. She traveled thousands of miles from the Dakotas the Pacific Ocean. The
explorers, said she was cheerful, never complained, and proved to be
invaluable. She served as an advisor, caretaker, and is legendary for her
perseverance and resourcefulness.
Zelda Boden, circus
performer, ca. 1910.
A Confederate and
Union soldier shake hands during a celebration at Gettysburg in 1913. Image
from the Library of Congress. July 1-3, 2013 marks the 150th Anniversary of the
Battle of Gettysburg.
Geraldine Doyle, who
was the inspiration behind the famous Rosie the Riveter poster.
Vintage Baked Potato
Cart. A legitimate fast food lunch option back in the day.
Black physicians
treating in the ER a member of the Ku Kux Klan
Cyclists ride in the
first running of the Tour de France, in 1903.
Sergeant Stubby (1916
or 1917 – April 4, 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the
only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat. America's first war dog,
Stubby, served 18 months 'over there' and participated in seventeen battles on
the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks,
found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat
of his pants (holding him there til American Soldiers found him).
Nightwitches - Female
Russian bombers who bombed Germany during WW2. They had old, noisy planes &
the engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to
climb out on the wings mid-flight to restart the props. To stop Germans from
hearing them & starting up the anti aircraft guns, they’d climb to a
certain height, coast down to German positions, drop their bombs, restart their
engines in midair & get the hell out of dodge. Their leader flew 200+
missions & was never captured.
Marilyn Monroe meets
Queen Elizabeth II, London, 1956 Both women are 30 years old.
Chief Petty Officer
Graham Jackson plays “Going Home” as FDR’s body is borne past in Warm Springs,
GA, where the President was scheduled to attend a barbecue on the day he died.
April, 1945.
Dr.Samit Sekhar
