A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT EINSTEIN AT THE PALESTINE PAVILION AT THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR.

1939 - 1990's, 1939 - 1990's. Very good. - A 9 inch high by 7 inch wide black & white photograph of Albert Einstein on 14 inch high by 11 inch wide photo paper. The portrait depicts the disheveled scientist emerging from under an arch at the Palestine Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair. The text on the arch proclaims in a quote from Psalm 137, verse 5: "If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning". Depicted in mid-stride as he walks towards the camera Einstein, impeccably dressed, has his hand held up as if holding a cigarette. A gentle smile illuminates the face of the great scientist and humanitarian. The photo was a Life Magazine "Picture of the Week". This is one of a very few prints of a photograph by Martin Harris pulled from the original negative in the 1990's and offered for sale at a special fund-raising event. An auction sticker, with the number "88", is mounted on the verso. Near fine.

The photographer Martin Harris (1908-1971) worked for "Stars and Stripes" during the second World War. He later worked for "Look", "Life", "Colliers", and "The Saturday Evening Post" among other periodicals. Two of his photographs were selected as covers for "Life" magazine during his time with that periodical.