“‘To HOD'”

Screenshot from sothebys.com

“mounted, signed and inscribed “To HOD” by the photographer in ink and titled in an unidentified hand in ink on the mount, matted, circa 1940s”

“Howard A. Schumacher was the president of Speed Graphic Camera Company… Schumacher assigned Weegee to photograph various destinations in the United States, and when his work was completed, Weegee presented Schumacher with 8 mounted prints, which he inscribed ‘To HOD,’ Schumacher’s nickname.”

Words copied from sothebys.com

Auction: Sothebys, April 27, 2005

Interesting: Graflex “assigned Weegee to photograph various destinations in the United States.”