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John Pizer (c. 1850–7 July 1897) was an English bootmaker in Whitechapel, London.He was the first person accused of being the perpetrator in the Whitechapel murders, but was cleared of suspicion after providing alibis for the two murders committed until that point.
Owing to the larger image size, the cabinet card steadily increased in popularity during the second half of the 1860s and into the 1870s, replacing the carte de visite as the most popular form of portraiture. The cabinet card was large enough to be easily viewed from across the room when typically displayed on a cabinet, which is probably why ...
"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 autobiographical novel of the same title . The film stars Meryl Streep , Shirley MacLaine , and Dennis Quaid .
Wynne Edwin Baxter. Wynne Edwin Baxter FRMS FGS (1 May 1844 – 1 October 1920) was an English lawyer, translator, antiquarian and botanist, but is best known as the coroner who conducted the inquests on most of the victims of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to 1891 including three of the victims of Jack the Ripper in 1888, as well as on Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man".
Joseph Lawende (9 February 1847 – 9 January 1925) was a Polish-born British cigarette salesman who is believed to have witnessed serial killer Jack the Ripper in the company of his fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, approximately nine minutes before the discovery of her body on 30 September 1888.
A postcard written by a first-class passenger on the Titanic will go up for auction later this month.. Richard William Smith, a British businessman, scrawled a message in pencil to a Mrs Olive ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Polish barber and Jack the Ripper suspect Aaron Kosminski Born Aron Mordke Kozmiński (1865-09-11) 11 September 1865 Kłodawa, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died 24 March 1919 (1919-03-24) (aged 53) Leavesden Hospital, Hertfordshire, England Nationality Polish Occupation(s) Barber ...