Jockey Schweizer takes leave of his mount, Farsight, during the twenty-seventh running of the Bushwick Hurdle Handicap at Aqueduct. The horse had made the jump, only to lose his footing. The rider wasn't seriously injured.
This picture was taken in Spain at the beginning of the sherry grape harvest. Mr. Konig wanted one shot--a magazine cover--that would express the spirit of the vineyard and of the workers. To achieve the overall sharpness, he asked the vineyard…
The day Bernard Baruch testified before the Senate on the Marshall Plan, his brother, Herman, ambassador to the Netherlands, (upper right), was an interested spectator. Following testimony Herman was introduced to Senator Tom Connolly, (lower left).…
Oksana Kosenkina, Russian school teacher, photographed immediately after her leap from a third-story window of the Soviet consulate in New York. A man, intent on carrying Mrs. Kosenkina back into the building, is opening barred door.