Man begging his wife for forgiveness outside of a divorce court, Chicago, USA, 1948

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Man begging his wife for forgiveness outside of a divorce court, Chicago, USA, 1948
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That woman has no fucks to give

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She look stone cold and badass.

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Her face. That man has put her through some things.

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The lawyer’s face is also good. He knows he can bill for this time.

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The guy in the background: “fuck me, am I lucky for never marrying”

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No way. That’s Everett True.

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“she said she was done, quit bothering her! POW "

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OMG it does look like him…. !truecomics@midwest.social

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That’s one of their attorneys per the newspaper. He’s making his money and is happy about it

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She’s not even looking at him

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Ok, I read the article, I’ll give you the bullet points.

She divorced him because he was an alcoholic. She didn’t take him back. The divorce was finalized, and she took her 4 year old son and went to live with her parents. She’s 33 in this picture. She lived until 1983, where she was burried under her ex husbands last name.

He’s 37 in this picture. He remarried in 1953, and was dead by 1964.

The 4 year old son had a son of his own in 1985, and that son went on to become an internet meme, LEEEEEEEROOOOYYYYYY JEENNNNKIIIINNNNSSS!!!!

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Damn you got me; should have minded the username.

Thanks for the chuckle :3

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I ummm… don’t suppose we know what the outcome of their story was, do we? Probably not.

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It’s a bit vague

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That’s not vague at all, they divorced.

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I must’ve hit an ad and thought it was the end of the article then, mea culpa.

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Are you telling me the ghost of this woman is not single and looking in my area?!

Fucksake. Catfished again.

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I found more details in this article:

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/man-begging-his-wife-for-forgiveness/

Some interesting quotes:

The couple captured in that brief moment were Steve and Anna Strack, then aged 37 and 33. The picture marked one of the final chapters in their troubled marriage.

Anna had filed for divorce, citing habitual drunkenness—one of the few acceptable legal grounds for divorce in Illinois at the time.

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Despite the dramatic gesture captured on film, Anna Strack remained unmoved. Speaking to The Tribune shortly after the photo was taken, she said she would “think over” her decision.

At the time, the couple shared a young son, just four years old. Her hesitation may have reflected not doubt, but the pressure many women felt to maintain a traditional family structure—particularly in the face of public scrutiny.

And yet further below:

Though he [the judge] may have tried to steer the Stracks back toward each other, the marriage was not salvaged.

According to census records from 1950, Anna was living with her parents and young son, working as a packer in a gum factory. Steve, by then a railroad mechanic, had taken up residence as a boarder in another household.

In time, Steve moved on and remarried in 1953. He passed away in 1964. Anna never remarried, but when she died in 1983, she was buried under her former husband’s name—a quiet footnote that adds yet another layer to their complicated history.

I can’t help but feel sad about it all. But I thank you for sharing this piece of history with us, PugJesus.

EDIT: Clarifying “he” meaning the presiding judge.

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Oh no, my dude, she looks like she’s prestige’d at divorce twice already. It’s over for him.

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