In all fairness, there were a couple of photos I still liked from The Family of Man, that huge Museum of Modern Art exhibit from the '50s. How could you not like reading the mind of Einstein as he contemplates where he put his lunch?
Or where he left the Perry Mason novel he was reading? My friend Bill Tangney was at Princeton when Einstein died. Tangney, who worked for the Princetonian, rushed up to Einstein's office and blocked the door with a chair so he could get dibs on "the inside story" before the newshound pack arrived. He struck gold when he pulled out some of the physics tomes in one of the bookcases and there found several Erle Stanley Gardner paperbacks. Bill rushed to the Princetonian newsroom and wrote his scoop.
He later worked at CBS and was monitoring other networks when Oswald was shot. He rushed into the broadcast room and informed Cronkite, who was on the air pontificating. Cronkite yelled back, "Attribution!" Bill was stymied, as he knew he couldn't cite ABC or NBC. Fortunately someone called moments later and reported it directly.
Or where he left the Perry Mason novel he was reading? My friend Bill Tangney was at Princeton when Einstein died. Tangney, who worked for the Princetonian, rushed up to Einstein's office and blocked the door with a chair so he could get dibs on "the inside story" before the newshound pack arrived. He struck gold when he pulled out some of the physics tomes in one of the bookcases and there found several Erle Stanley Gardner paperbacks. Bill rushed to the Princetonian newsroom and wrote his scoop.
ReplyDeleteHe later worked at CBS and was monitoring other networks when Oswald was shot. He rushed into the broadcast room and informed Cronkite, who was on the air pontificating. Cronkite yelled back, "Attribution!" Bill was stymied, as he knew he couldn't cite ABC or NBC. Fortunately someone called moments later and reported it directly.