Expanded after world war ii because of the baby boom. And speaking of babies, every parent, including me, knows the frustration of trying to get your little one to smile at just the right moment for just the right photo. Well, were about to tell the story of a woman who turned that challenge into an art form. My name is lynda bannister. When my mother, constance, passed away in 2005, she left me more more than 100,000 baby photos. She was the most accomplished baby photographer of her day. Hi, lynda. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. You wrote me about your mom and something about babies. Yes. Are they here . Yes, they are. Please come in. Okay. Inside lyndas house is her strange inheritance left to her by her mother, baby photographer Constance Bannister. Youve basically put together a museum all about your mom and all these babies. In total, there are more than 100,000 baby pictures yes, 100,000 photos. There are many files full of negatives. All negatives
Yes. Im jamie colby, and today im strolling along the swanky streets of the Upper East Side of manhattan. The heir in this story reached out to us just a short time after her husband died. She wanted to talk about her strange inheritance, which she tells me takes up an entire room in her home. My name is carole postal, and less than one year ago, i lost my beloved husband, bob. He left me nearly 10,000 toy soldiers, which he called the guys. A whole room on the Upper East Side im hoping its shoes. Uh, not quite. No way. Its not shoes. Its soldiers . Across glass shelves, the tiny troops stand shoulder to shoulder, ready for battle. Lets see. Theres george washington. Generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. Not to mention ancient and medieval warriors. A history of world combat in one jampacked man cave. Your husband mustve spent a lot of time putting this together. Lovingly, over 40 years. Its really magnificent. I really did need to see this. You were right to get in touch with u
You have written 1450 pages on material open the white house. What was the hardest part . Well, i guess the research was the hardest part. Also, compressing it for that many pages. Compressing the huge story for many things that could be used or had to be dealt with in the senate. I would love to have gone on and on about but i couldnt. Its the process of actually throwing things out. Even with 1400 pages. Ive got this here, two volume set. When did you first write this . The first part of it up to president trumans renditions novations at the white house. This takes the story to the end of the first bush administration. How did you approach the story . The whole story. Who are you writing it for . The central characters of the house and the various people who go there and the various people and their reactions to living there. The development of an institution which president obama will enter a very well organized institution to serve his work. And you have to look at it that way in t
Program forupt this an nbc news special report. Here is guerra godley. Good afternoon. We have a late and truly sensational report coming in from east germany in a News Conference which ended just a few minutes ago in east berlin. Government officials announced east germanys border open with west germany. The official statement says east german citizens have the right across from east germany into west germany. Up to now, of the thousands, tens of thousands of east germans going west have had to pass through other communist nations, most of them passing through czechoslovakia. Now they have the right to go directly to west germany. Dennis murphy is in berlin right now and has been following the events. What more do you know about this startling decision . Truly astonishing in a series of events that have happened the last few days and hours. In the last five minutes on television here in west berlin and the east, the germans east and west, speaking for the that is no longer necessary.
Germany. In a News Conference which ended just a few minutes ago in east berlin, government officials have announced communist east germany have announced their border open with west germany. East german citizens now have the right to cross directly from east germany into west germany. Up to now, as you know, the thousands, tens of thousands of east germans going west have had to pass through other communist east bloc nations, most of them passing through czechoslovakia. But as of right now according to the official statement just concluded, they have the right to go directly to west germany. Nbc correspondent Dennis Murphy is in berlin right now and has been following the events. The News Conference on television. Dennis, what more do you know about this startling decision . Dennis it is truly astonishing. In a series of events that have happened the last few days and hours. Literally in the last five minutes on television here in west berlin and also in the east, the germans east and