Londoners read of the death of HM King George VI at Sandringham House, Norfolk, on 6th February 1952.

People reading about the death of Eva Peron, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1952. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

People reading about the death of John F. Kennedy. New Haven, Connecticut , 1963. Photo by

Aug. 9, 1974, the day after President Nixon resigned

Reading the News

Back in the previous century the News was spread through newspapers. Images of people actually reading the news are so sparse nowadays we thought we’d share some of them with you today. Thera are lot of images to be found , we chose the ones with headlines on  the death of important people. It’s hard to find such an image on Richard Nixon on the internet. But we did trace a lot of headlines of Nixon resigning as president, guess that is the same as dying, in the press. Continue reading →