Marie Curie

 Marie Curie or Madame Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), was a Polish physicist and chemist, working mainly in France, who is famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences. c. 1920  Wikipedia

Vintage Photo

When I look at this photo I can't help but laugh. I love how Mrs. Lyman is having such a jolly laugh. This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut. c. 1939, Delano, Jack, photographer.

Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Lya Mara

Lya Mara (August 1, 1897 – 1960?) was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema. Lya Mara was born as Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polish family in Riga, Livonia. vintage

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