Margaret Bourke-White photographs Stalin Family

Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) “was born in the Bronx, New York, to Joseph White (who came from an Orthodox Jewish family) and Minnie Bourke, the daughter of an Irish ship’s carpenter and an English cook; she was a Protestant. She grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey (in a neighborhood now part of Middlesex), but graduated from Plainfield High School. Her father was a naturalist, engineer and inventor. His work improved the four-color printing process that is used for books and magazines.”

View of the bed where Joseph Stalin was born.

Huge concrete statue of Stalin wearing a belted Army greatcoat standing on the grounds of the Agricultural Exhibition. Moscow, August 1941

Ekaterina Dzhugashvili, the mother of Joseph Stalin, Tiflis 1931

Peasant home which was the birthplace of Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin, standing encased as a monument in magnificent marble like some sacred relic shrine, in the Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia. Gori, August 1941

Visitors at the shrine at the birthplace of Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin's great autn Dido-Lilo Dzhugashvili. 1931

Locomotive named Stalin is studied by students at the Locomotive Laboratory of the Technical Institute as top instructors (L) wearing enameled red decorative pins, lecture on its mechanics. Moscow, August 1941

Russian leader Joseph Stalin after meeting w. Harry Hopkins, adviser to Pres. Roosevelt, in his office in the Kremlin. Moscow, August 1941

Harry Hopkins, Aide to FDR, posing w. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during his visit to Russia to determine the Russian leader's commitment to fight Germany in WWII.

Harry Hopkins, Aide to FDR, during his visit to Russia to determine the Russian leader Joseph Stalin's commitment to fight Germany in WWII.

British Amb. Sir Stafford Cripps (2R) sitting on couch w. his dog in his lap, while discussing policies w. unident. allied military officers, concerning the possibility of Russia fighting against Germany during WW II. Moscow, August 1941

Harry Hopkins (L), Aide to FDR, w. US Amb. Laurence Steinhardt (R) sitting in US embassy garden during Hopkins' visit to Russia

Harry Hopkins (L), Aide to FDR, w. US Amb. Laurence Steinhardt (2L) surrounded by reporters during press conference at Spaso House after Hopkin's first visit w. Russian leader Joseph Stalin's to determine his commitment to fight Germany in WW II.

Harry Hopkins (R), Aide to FDR, w. US Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt (C) & American Gen. Joseph McNarney (L) standing while men change their car's flat tire in a city square during official visit to for purposes of determining Russian leader Joseph Stalin's commitment to continue fighting Germany, during WWII.