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Post by xjd on Mar 9, 2020 18:53:43 GMT -5
great observation! i've said before it's unreal and unusual that the first-born of any family (especially a well to do one) has so few pictures of the baby. i've always wondered if there were some that were destroyed (for whatever reason) or if CAL thought that taking a lot of pictures would be "spoiling" the baby.
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Post by Michael on Mar 10, 2020 10:18:55 GMT -5
One of the most troubling things I've found which stemmed from the baby's photographs was the method by which they were handed out. In V1 on page 184 we see they were distributed to all media outlets EXCEPT the ones Lindbergh did not like. As I wrote in the book: Did he want his son back or not? Was this the time to "settle the score" with certain newspapers and reporters? For those who may not like the source I used... There are plenty more for this. Here's one from the North American Review (January 1935): When the late Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., was born, Colonel Lindbergh made his own photographs in response to the insistent demands from cameramen, distributed them to the major photo services and New York newspapers with the distinct understanding that none should get into the hands of the of the hated tabloid. And even before that when Lindbergh was saying he "didn't have any" and had to be "reminded" by Reporters that he actually did.
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