EVB2937335: Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-1969), British born conjoined twins abandoned by their mother and trained as entertainers by their exploitive caretakers. They were trained to play clarinets for a jazz act in the 1920s. After breaking away from their caretakers, they toured in the U.S. sideshow and vaudeville circuit in the 1930s, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937388: James A. Van Allen (1914-2006), American space physicist, discovered radiation belts surrounding the Earth and extending for several thousand miles into space. The Van Allen Radiation Belts were one of the first major scientific discoveries from Earth orbiting satellites in the late 1950s / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937472: Abe Fortas, President Lyndon Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court at the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1965. He was confirmed but failed conformation as LBJ's 1968 nominee for Chief Justice and was forced to resign in 1969 for accepted fees while serving on the high court / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937514: Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), underworld financier who built gambling casinos in Cuba and Las Vegas in 1958. He inspired movie characters: Hyman Roth, portrayed by Lee Strasberg in GODFATHER II, and Max Bercovicz, by James Woods ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIc. He was portrayed by Ben Kingsly in BUGSY, Dustin Hoffman in THE LOST CITY, and Patrick Dempsey in MOBSTERS / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937541: Electrical generators in Edison Sault Power Plant at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan were powered by the 21 foot drop of Saint Mary's River between Lakes Superior and Huron. The power plant was the longest in the world in 1902 and it's generating power was exceeded only by the Niagara Falls works, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937669: A husband tunes the radio while his wife holds populist right-wing radio priest, Father Coughlin's newspaper SOCIAL JUSTICE, with a headline, STALIN ORDERS WORLD REVOLUTION. This comfortable middle class home was in Royal Oak, Michigan, where Father Coughlin was a priest. 1938 / Bridgeman Images