Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Alfred Eisenstaedt across 4 places, from 1898 to 1935.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 23, 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alfred Eisenstaedt is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alfred Eisenstaedt was documented, and when
1898year
Tczewattested“Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia, Imperial Germany in 1898.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
1935year
New York (state)attested“After first settling in New York City in 1935, Eisenstaedt lived in Jackson Heights, Queens (NYC) for the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
1935year
Jackson Heights, Queensattested“After first settling in New York City in 1935, Eisenstaedt lived in Jackson Heights, Queens (NYC) for the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
1935year
New York Cityattested“After first settling in New York City in 1935, Eisenstaedt lived in Jackson Heights, Queens (NYC) for the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Weimar Republicmentioned“While working as a belt and button salesman in the 1920s in Weimar Germany, Eisenstaedt began taking photographs in 1928 as a freelancer for the Pacific and Atlantic Photos' Berlin office, which was taken over by the Associated Press in…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Germanymentioned“Eisenstaedt became a full-time photographer in 1929 when he was hired by the Associated Press office in Germany, and within a year he was described as a "photographer extraordinaire." He also worked for Illustrierte Zeitung, published by…”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
1932year
Genevamentioned“Moritz in 1932 and Joseph Goebbels at the League of Nations in Geneva in 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
1935year
Ethiopiamentioned“In 1935, Fascist Italy's impending invasion of Ethiopia led to a burst of international interest in Ethiopia.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
14 August 1945exact date
Times Squarementioned“* V-J Day in Times Square Eisenstaedt's most famous photograph is of an American sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger—a young woman—on August 14, 1945, in Times Square.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
13 September 1993exact date
West Tisbury, Massachusettsmentioned“The session took place at the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard and was documented by a photograph published in People magazine on September 13, 1993.”source: Wikipedia: Alfred Eisenstaedt
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