In 1956, the couple decided to move to New York, purchasing and merging two top-floor apartments at 2 East 70th Street into a spacious family penthouse featuring eight rooms (previously eight-teen in the two apartments) with many featuring Central Park views. And I did - for a little while - with Alfred,” said Joan Crawford after his death, “I’ll always treasure our brief time together.” “I thought I could be different, that I could have it all. Crawford would remain on the board of directors of the Pepsi-Cola Company until 1973. In her later career, product placement for Pepsi was included in several films, including Strait-Jacket (1964) and Berserk! (1967). Barnet, Steele's handpicked successor as chairman and CEO, appointed Crawford to the board of directors after his death. Joan Crawford with their adopted twins Cathy and Cynthia "Cindy" The twins grew closer to Steele, being listed as Cathy Crawford's father in her obituary in 2020. The family would be seen together at events throughout the marriage and go on vacation together. He also took on the father role of her four adopted children, Christina, Christopher, and twins Cathy and Cynthia "Cindy". by Judge John Mendoza with close friends and business associates. They married spontaneously on May 10, 1955, at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas at 2:10 a.m. Steele’s third wife was American film actress Joan Crawford - he was her fourth husband. His son would go on to marry a woman named Madeline Spence Haldeman in Montana. Īlfred Steele would later remarry Lillian Nelson in 1946 and they had a son named Alfred Nelson Steele in 1949. Comer on November 29, 1955, at the MacArthur Chapel in Tokyo, Japan. She attended the Spence School and the University of Colorado. They had one child named Sally Ostin Steele but divorced in 1945. His first marriage was to Marjorie Mabel Garvey on December 17, 1924, in Cook County, Illinois. Steele graduated from Northwestern University in 1923, where he played football, and became an ad executive after college. His middle name "Nu" was an homage to his father's fraternity " Sigma Nu". He was the son of Edgar Alfred Steele, a teacher, and his wife Fannie Bartrem. In the moment, the photographer didn’t ask for the details of his subjects, which led to years of speculation and false claims of their identity.Alfred Nu Steele (Ap– April 19, 1959) was an American soft drink businessman most known for being the president and later chairman of the board of Pepsi-Cola Company from 1950 until his sudden death in 1959.Īlfred Nu Steele was born on April 25, 1901, in Nashville, Tennessee. Navy sailor is pictured passionately grabbing a passing woman and dipping her in an embrace, in a celebration of the US’s victory over Japan. His most well-known photo, Eisenstaedt captured this image in New York City’s Times Square on August 14, 1945. Here are a selection of his most memorable images: "They don't take me too seriously with my little camera," he said to New York Magazine, "I don't come as a photographer.
His subjects felt relaxed in the presence of a less obtrusive camera and Eisenstaedt was able to capture timeless, candid photos of some of the era’s biggest names. He was a pioneer of this style, and this led to his success as a portraitist.
Unlike most news photographers of the time, he favored small 35mm film cameras and natural lighting-not the large, bulky 4”x5” press cameras with flash attachments that his contemporaries lugged around. Over his career he had more than 90 of his photos featured on the cover of the magazine, and over 2,500 of his photo stories published.Įisenstaedt was renowned for his ability to capture images with speed and flexibility. You probably know him as the person who captured the iconic V-J Day kiss image in Times Square.
Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of LIFE Magazine’s most notable photographers and photojournalists.
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