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[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

Good god:



Liberty magazine, August 1936.  This guy definitely needs something besides Kreml.  I'm not sure what, but he needs it very badly indeed.

Comments

[autochrome.livejournal.com]

That immediately reminded me of this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler#Morbid_obsession). An unfortunate association, really.

[cinchona.livejournal.com]

That's what I first thought of, too! Same time period and everything.