Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.
Theodore Roosevelt as a young manCampaign literature, 1900Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassinRoosevelt ranch house, South DakotaRoosevelt’s first wife, AliceRoosevelt’s second wife, EdithRoosevelt with his familyRoosevelt in Rough Rider uniformRoosevelt, in store bought frontier wardrobe with Tiffany silver knife
Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.
Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NYRoosevelt speaking in 1910Roosevelt in safari garb in AfricaPhoto from the book African Game TrailsRoosevelt visiting CambridgeRoosevelt assassin, John Schrank, under arrestMount RushmoreTheodore Roosevelt Grave, Oyster Bay, Long Island
Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.
Maximillian I of MexicoCarlota, Empress of MexicoSchoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian’s boyhood homeMaximillian and Charlotte, newlywedsFranz Josef, 1865Miramare, TriesteThe NovaraMaximillian as EmperorBenito Juarez
Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.
Carlota, in Mexican garbPope Pius IXNapoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugenie, 1865The chapel built on the Hill of the Bells, Maximillian’s execution site in QueretaroEduard Manet’s, “Execution of the Emperor Maximillian,” inaccurately depicting Maximillian in the center, wearing a sombrero. His executioners are symbolically wearing French infantry uniforms and the soldier loading his rifle is similar in appearance to Napoleon III. The painting was publicly banned in France.Maximillian’s sarcophagus in the Hapsburg Imperial Crypt, Vienna.Maximillian I, death mask.Maximillian’s embalmed corpse, photographed in Mexico.Carlota, 1914Bouchout Castle, Belgium. Final home of Carlota.
The true story Of Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and their remarkable escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
Alcatraz with Angel Island in the background.Utility corridor behind the escapees’ cells.The four dummy heads used during the escape.Escapee cell with fake grill removed.John Paul ScottFort Point, Golden Gate, near where John Paul Scott washed ashoreAlcatraz, with Little Alcatraz visible, lower leftAlcatraz Lighthouse at night.
One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War
James J. AndrewsThe General today, on display, Southern Museum, Kenesaw, (formerly Big Shanty) Georgia.General Don Carlos BuellGeneral Ormsby MitchelPlaque in Atlanta, Georgia denoting the spot where James J. Andrews was hanged on June 7, 1862
One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War.
Rendition of the execution of seven of the Andrew’s RaidersThe General, refurbished for a celebration with some of the original raiders and William Fuller, conductor, leaning on post.Edwin Stanton, Secretary of WarJohn Scott’s Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously after Scott was hanged.The monument to Andrew’s Raiders at Chattanooga National Cemetery, James J. Andrews grave is in the left forefront
Publicly, perceived as one of the great romances of the 20th century, privately the Oliviers endured infidelity, severe mental illness and ultimately divorce.
Olivier in Wuthering HeightsJill Esmond
Leigh and Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named DesireHattie McDaniel, Olivia De Havilland and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind.
Poster for one of the many revivals that made Gone With the Wind the most profitable film ever made.
Publicly revered as one of the great romances of the 20th Century, privately it was marred by infidelity, severe mental illness and divorce
Olivier in Rebecca with Joan FontaineThe Oliviers in Australia, the smiles would eventually fadeVivien Leigh, 1957Olivier’s costume in SpartacusOlivier in, “The Entertainer,” with Joan PlowrightOlivier and Joan Plowright visiting the Reagan’s in the White House in the 80’sOlivier’s grave in Westminster Abbey
