A man begs for his wife’s forgiveness inside a Divorce Court, Chicago, 1948. This decades-old photo is worth more than 1,000 words
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A man begs for his wife’s forgiveness inside a Divorce Court, Chicago, 1948. This decades-old photo is worth more than 1,000 words The story behind the iconic viral photo of a man begging his wife for forgiveness outside a Chicago divorce court in 1948... Read story The black-and-white image, which has made the rounds on social media and Reddit in recent years, features a suited man on his literal knees, begging for the forgiveness of his fur-clad, soon-to-be ex-wife outside a Chicago divorce court. The looks on their faces seem to say it all: The scorned husband appears desperate, mouth slightly agape as he looks up at his one-time lover; the woman, meanwhile, appears utterly unbothered. "It's a powerful photo today because you can sort of imagine your own story behind it," Jeff Nichols, a Chicago historian who acquired a copy of the 1948 newspaper photo via an eBay listing of the image, said. But thanks to Nichols' sleuthing, as well as the digitization of old ne...