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Arthur Rothstein

Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (died 1985)

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Born
July 17, 1915
Died
November 11, 1985
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1915

About Arthur Rothstein

Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer. His career spanned five decades, and he received recognition as one of America's premier photojournalists. Arthur Rothstein became the first photographer sent out by Roy Stryker, the head of the Photo Unit. A recipient of more than 35 awards in photojournalism and a former juror for the Pulitzer Prize, Rothstein was also a founder and former officer of the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP). In 1940, Rothstein became a staff photographer for Look magazine but left shortly thereafter to join the OWI and then the US Army as a photographer in the Signal Corps.

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The world when Arthur Rothstein was born

Arthur Rothstein was born in 1915. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Arthur Rothstein's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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