Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Jennie Goncalves

Picture taken 1918, in Paris, France, by Richard Goncalves, the famous photojournalist from Providence whose photography during World War I is credited with helping to create modern war journalism.

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The girl in the window is Jennie Goncalves, his daughter, who had died in Providence, Rhode Island that day. She was raped; her throat slit. Her murderer was not found, but was presumed to be a drifter.

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