(xref: Flickr Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163067369/in/set-72157603624867509/ from Library of Congress)

Although this photo is allegedly of Verne Pennell, the real story is what was happening behind the camera.

“Hey VERNE —Isn’t that your wife playing tennis with another man?”

Verne gripped his tennis racket tightly and gritted his teeth…. Posing for this picture was taking too long -but his agent wanted the shot.

Finally the interminable wait was over – the photographer announced that the picture had been taken, thanked Verne for his stationary pose, and then

[.....]