Labor Day… 1947
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1947
Context… Summer 1947
Recent auctions: Arthur Fellig, "Weegee," Cameraman
William Kuenzel, Arthur Fellig, “Weegee,” Cameraman, 1947
(sold for $154)
William Kuenzel, Arthur Fellig, “Weegee,” Cameraman, 1947
(sold for $252)
It was a screening of Weegee’s films (Manhattan Moods/ Weegee’s New York) that brought Weegee to Detroit in 1947. William Kuenzel (1885-1964) was a pioneering <a href="http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2010/04/09/william-kuenzel-of-the-detroit-news-was-a-pioneer-in-sports-photography/
“>sports photographer, arial photographer, and much more…
To be continued…
Such Tricks!… Spring Term 1948…
PM Daily, 1948
By 1948 there were more options (than the New York Institute of Photography) in pursuing a photographic education…
64 years ago today: Why Collyer Lived as He Did…
PM Daily, 04/10/1947, pp. 9-10
Collyer Museum
PM Daily, 04/03 or 04/1947
Found in the Collyer Museum as of April 3d or 4th:
14 pianos
2 organs
2 violins
An old fashioned gramophone
“The record collection had items that were a record-collectors dream:
Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpet Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898
La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898
American Republic March, Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898″
64 years ago today: "One of the Collyer Cats – there were supposed to be at least nine of them plays with a rubber mouse…"
PM Daily, 04/04/1947
“Three organs and fourteen pianos have been uncovered on two floors of the Collyer home.”
64 years ago today: Journey’s End
PM Daily, 04/02/1947
“Langley, the missing hermit brother, didn’t show up; curious spectators did…”
Kitty and Siri… iriS and yttiK
PM Daily, June and July 1947
(Context: 1947)
Violins Over Broadway…
…Broadway Over Violins
Sure it was a sad and unfortunate inevitability when PM started to accept advertising, nevertheless some of the ads were kinda interesting… Graphically and typographically they add some contours and spark and liven up the texts…
Bandit Killed in Duel in Packed Bus…
PM Daily, July 1947
Words by Leon Edel, Unidentified Photographer
View from Weegee Archive… 43d and 6th, looking south… towards the Bank of America Tower and Bryant Park…
CG, December 29, 2010, 1:34 PM
Same view, 53 years later, December 29, 2010… not much has changed, traffic flows in one direction, “Need Money?” Prudential Pledge Co. then, Bank of America now…
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 