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Gerald and Sara Murphy at Cap d’Antibes beach, 1923. Gerald Clery Murphy and Sara Sherman Wiborg were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularly in the 1920s, that included a great number of artists and writers of the Lost Generation.
Image credits: Sad-Bumblebee-3444 Mateer says that despite the advancement of photography, children are still often conditioned to respond in what she calls ‘a photo way’ – keep still, smile ...
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The first X-ray, taken by its inventor, featured his wife's hand and ring. [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] Shroud of Turin negative: 1898 Secondo Pia: Turin, Italy Photographic negative of an ancient cloth relic shows details of a scourged and crucified human body [s 2] Organ Player and Singing Girl: 1898 Eugène Atget: Paris, France Gelatin silver print [s 2]
Gibson was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw associated with Alvin Karpis and the Barker gang during the late 1920s and '30s. [2] [9] Helen Wawzynak Gillis: No image available: 1908–1987 Gillis was the wife of mobster Baby Face Nelson, and assisted with many of his crimes. Alongside her husband, she was labeled public enemy ...
Built for Andrew Borden, a wealthy casket magnate, and later real estate developer, him, and his wife were murdered by Lizzie Borden in the house in 1892 more images: Wheatleigh: 1893: Renaissance Revival: Peabody & Stearns: Lenox: Operated as a hotel [11] more images: Ventfort Hall: 1893: Jacobean Revival: Rotch & Tilden: Lenox: Operated as a ...
Bertha Matilde Palmer (née Honoré; May 22, 1849 – May 5, 1918) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.She was the wife of millionaire Potter Palmer and early member of the Chicago Woman's Club, as well as president of the Board of Lady Managers.
The term picture bride refers to the practice in the early 20th century of immigrant workers (chiefly Japanese, Okinawan, and Korean) in Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as Brazil selecting brides from their native countries via a matchmaker, who paired bride and groom using only photographs and family recommendations of the possible candidates.