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  • Alfred Cheney Johnston and the Artistry Behind the Ziegfeld Follies' Golden Era

    Johnston played a pivotal role in creating their visual mythology. Some were overtly sensual, even nude, but always with a veneer of respectability. The Women in Focus Johnston photographed some of the most recognisable women of the early 20th century In some portraits, the showgirls are clothed in feathered headpieces and crystal-beaded bodices; in others Some of that same appetite for artistic nude work found a more deliberate outlet during his lifetime

  • When Syphilis Was a Death Sentence: The Haunting Reality Before Penicillin

    You’ve come to see a doctor because your skin has erupted in angry sores, your joints ache unbearably medical practice, and even social stigma — leaving behind a trail of heartbreak, disfigurement, and, for some By the time they limped back home, they carried syphilis with them, gifting it to every town and port For some, these visible signs meant exile from polite society. Some unfortunate souls endured cycles of syphilis symptoms punctuated by mercury poisoning, becoming

  • Vivian Maier: The Nanny Who Shot America

    scene In 2007, a young estate agent named John Maloof wandered into a Chicago auction house looking for some At the time, Maloof was president of a historical society on Chicago’s Northwest Side, a role that had Some remembered her as affectionate and whimsical; others described her as rigid and difficult. including over 100,000 negatives, thousands of prints, hundreds of undeveloped rolls of film, and dozens of home New York 1956 Some have interpreted this as humility, or shyness.

  • The Only Remaining Images Of The Moscow Art Theatre’s 1908 Stage Production of ‘The Blue Bird’

    THE HAPPINESSES OF THE HOME. —As stated in the text, shimmering dresses in soft and subtle shades: rose-awakening, water’s-smile, Egorov's designs played a pivotal role in bringing the play’s mystical world to life.

  • The Thammasat University Massacre: The Day Thailand Turned on Its Students

    They hanged some from trees and beat the bodies with metal chairs. Survivors and independent investigators have long believed the real number was closer to 100, with some The call went out over the airwaves: come to Thammasat. Some were killed anyway. Some became the establishment they'd once fought against. Some remained dissenters.

  • The Day In 1857 That The Dead Rabbits And Bowery Boys Rioted In Lower Manhattan

    1840s it was one of the most densely populated and reputedly dangerous neighbourhoods in the world, home That account comes from the contemporary press.

  • Homer Sykes And The Ordinary Britain He Paid Attention To

    Finding subjects close to home Homer Sykes was born in 1949 and began photographing seriously while still Rather than travel far or seek out dramatic subject matter, he worked close to home. Mum reads a bedtime story; it was their first Christmas away from the family home.

  • Archduke Ludwig Viktor: A Habsburg Rebel in a Conservative Era

    It was an open secret inside the family, tolerated with some affection, but kept hidden from the public One of the more candid accounts comes from Princess Nora Fugger, a contemporary memoirist who moved in local figure and patron of the city's arts society, well before his exile made the city his permanent home He reportedly joked, with some bitterness, that his wayward brother should be assigned a ballerina as Imperial Crypt alongside most of his relatives, but in the local cemetery at Siezenheim, near the Salzburg home

  • Roger Stone: A Life of Scandals, Controversies and Crimes

    Republican operative Brad Blakeman disputed that account, telling reporters Stone had exaggerated his role FBI agents arrested Stone in a pre-dawn raid at his Florida home in January 2019, and in November of WLRN: '537 Votes' Explores Florida's Role in the 2000 Election

  • Virginia Tonelli and the Weight of Refusal at the Risiera di San Sabba

    Her role as a courier placed her at the intersection of mobility and knowledge. Italian fascist police played a central role, often conducting questioning themselves rather than deferring Some were forced to witness beatings or executions. Her story forces confrontation with uncomfortable truths: the central role of Italian fascists in Nazi

  • The Dolly Parton Look-Alike Contest That Led to an Invasion

    photos of gay men rounded up and detained at a Mexico City police station around the same era, and some the middle of the Blue Whale's packed tea dance to announce, with a straight face, that the queen had come to the Botel, where an impromptu blessing ceremony was performed on the spot before the group sailed home One of the nine original 1976 invaders, Bob Levine, better known by his drag name Rose, was still around She placed near the bottom of the field, beaten by contestants, some of them drag queens, who out-Dollied

  • Leonard Lake: The Bunker, the Murders, and the Mind of a Sadistic Survivalist

    developed a set of rules for his captives, jotted down in his journals and vocalised in his disturbing home The rules were occasionally vocalised in Lake's disturbing home videos. Together, Lake and Ng began luring individuals to the property, some through personal ads, others simply Dubs family—Harvey, Deborah, and their infant son Sean—disappeared after two unknown men came to their home Despite maintaining his innocence and insisting that Lake was the sole perpetrator, the court found Ng's role

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