Original 1947 AP Wire Photo from Knoxville, Tennessee, showing 16-year-old Geraldine Massengill chained to a bedpost inside her home. According to the original Associated Press caption, police found the girl on her 16th birthday, and she told authorities her father had chained her to keep her at home. Her father, William Massengill, a part-time preacher, admitted the allegations, and police arrested him and his third wife while ordering a full investigation. Mounted on black scrapbook paper from a newspaper near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Overall mounted size measures approximately 7¾ × 8 inches. A striking and uncommon editorial wire photo documenting a disturbing human-interest news story from 1947. Please see photos.
