16th October, 1946. Hermann Goering lay dead after committing suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill he smuggled into his cell, 2 hours before he was due to be hung. Photo by Edward F. McLaughlin. Gallery16th October, 1946. Hermann Goering lay dead after committing suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill he smuggled into his cell, 2 hours before he was due to be hung. Photo by Edward F. McLaughlin.
In the 1920s-30s Alfred Cheney Johnston was hired by theatre producer Florenz Ziegfeld to photograph the showgirls from his theatre (otherwise known as the Ziegfeld Follies) – the results are absolutely exquisite and this one example. (640×800) GalleryIn the 1920s-30s Alfred Cheney Johnston was hired by theatre producer Florenz Ziegfeld to photograph the showgirls from his theatre (otherwise known as the Ziegfeld Follies) – the results are absolutely exquisite and this one example. (640×800)
Soviet soldier Bakhretdin Khakimov. Left: 1980 (declared KIA). Right: 2013 (found living as a healer in Herat). He had forgotten the Russian language entirely. GallerySoviet soldier Bakhretdin Khakimov. Left: 1980 (declared KIA). Right: 2013 (found living as a healer in Herat). He had forgotten the Russian language entirely.
Three Generations || An Australian-Aboriginal family whose photograph was used in a project by the Australian government to show how Aboriginal people can be assimilated into white Australian society by ‘breeding out the colour’, 1947. GalleryThree Generations || An Australian-Aboriginal family whose photograph was used in a project by the Australian government to show how Aboriginal people can be assimilated into white Australian society by ‘breeding out the colour’, 1947.
This is Katherine McHale Slaughterback, otherwise known as Rattlesnake Kate. She fought off 140 rattlesnakes in 1925 using just three bullets and a “No Hunting” sign. (1024×601) GalleryThis is Katherine McHale Slaughterback, otherwise known as Rattlesnake Kate. She fought off 140 rattlesnakes in 1925 using just three bullets and a “No Hunting” sign. (1024×601)
Adolf Hitler’s Walther PP (.32 ACP), a 50th-birthday gift from the Walther family in 1939, features gold inlays and ivory grips. It sold to a private collector in 1987 for $114,000 and is now estimated to be worth millions. GalleryAdolf Hitler’s Walther PP (.32 ACP), a 50th-birthday gift from the Walther family in 1939, features gold inlays and ivory grips. It sold to a private collector in 1987 for $114,000 and is now estimated to be worth millions.