EVB2925088: Boris Pasternak, Russian writer was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature. When historical novel, 'Dr. Zhivago' was refused publication in the USSR, it was smuggled into Western Europe and published in 1957. The Soviet government pressured him to decline the Prize, but his descendants accepted it his name 1988 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934240: Navy Secretary Edwin Denby with Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt Jr., leaving Budget meeting in February 1922. Denby caved in to politics, gave up control of the naval oil reserves, and then assigned his subordinate, Roosevelt, to handle the details. Roosevelt was not involved in any corruption, but was still politically damaged / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934327: McKim, Mead, and White, partners of the most prominent American architectural firm of the early 20th century, built monumental buildings of classical style. Surviving buildings include: Columbia University Library, NYC Municipal Building, and the Rhode Island State House / Bridgeman Images