Coleman Lowndes
Former Lead Producer
Latest articles by Coleman Lowndes
William Mumler claimed he could photograph ghosts ... and no one could prove he couldn’t.
Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades.
An obsessive collector noticed something strange in his 11,000 postcards.
This photo of Lee Harvey Oswald has been analyzed for decades.
And then took credit for “saving” them.
In 1961, Life magazine photographed systemic poverty in Brazil. One Brazilian magazine responded with a similar report — featuring photos of New York City.
The powerful drama about the assassination of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton presents moral queries that rhyme with the present.
In 1910, boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson defeated Jim Jeffries in the “Battle of the Century,” and the nation erupted.
In the 1780s, a charismatic healer caused a stir in Paris.