She only learned later in life that she was born a triplet; her two brothers didn’t survive. “My mother understood that being a girl was a disadvantage back then,” Hall said in 2019. “She did her absolute best to ensure that I achieved whatever they would have done. I attended elocution lessons, did piano and … Read more
From This is True for 25 April 2022
Growing up in small town Pennsylvania, Rupe’s father was a factory worker, and their home was modest. Rupe, who was white, was captivated by the music coming from a local black Baptist church. After his education — and working in shipbuilding in Los Angeles during World War II — Rupe decided to get into the … Read more
From This is True for 18 April 2022
As a boy growing up in Detroit, Mich., Uelsmann got interested in photography, and made it his lifelong profession. But he didn’t just shoot pictures, he specialized in manipulating them in a way that the era of Photoshop makes easy. By stacking negatives and using advanced darkroom techniques (such as using as many as a … Read more
From This is True for 10 April 2022
Growing up in Iowa, Fries listened to country music, and in 1950 moved to Omaha, Neb., taking a job at a local TV station as a commercial artist. He made $35 a week, and won an award from the Omaha Artists and Art Directors Club. That got the attention of an Omaha advertising agency, which … Read more
From This is True for 3 April 2022