Coolest Shit Ever: Pictures of Einstein’s Desk On The Day He Died.

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Happy Friday, Youdopia. Viernes es el dia méjor. This photo has quite a provenance. Daily Grail found it on Kottke.org. He, in turn, found it via clusterflock, who in turn referenced the original slideshow from Life Magazine’s site.

The story behind this is that a cub photographer from Life went to Princeton when Einstein died, and got into Einstein’s office by giving away bottles of scotch. Smart man. There’s an even better pic of Einstein’s desk in the slideshow, along with pics of the casket being removed from his home, and the cemetery. Coolest Shit Ever.

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