PM, May 18, 1941
Annual hobo convention in Jersey City, NJ… “What Are We Going To Do About It?”… Abe Reles believes in God… “Yes, but I had my manner of living. It was my business.” (Murder really was his business… too.)… “The Human Element is Important, Too…”… Rev. Utah Smith at MoMA’s “Coffee Concert”…
PM, May 11, 1941, p.10
“This is ridiculous!”
PM, May 11, 1941, p.58 (Photos by David Eisendrath, Jr., 1914-1988)
“Satchmo, 40, Looks Good for Another 20 Years
The photographs on this page were taken at a recent Decca recording session…
Photos were made during a recording of Hey Lawdy Mama, released this week. Decca, 35 cents.”
Armstrong looked and sounded great for another 30 years…
Lepke (1897-1944) and Armstrong (1901-1971)… two years older and two years younger than Weegee…
PM, Nay 8, 1945
“V-E Day”
(Photo by “Miriam Cohen of Staten Island.”)
PM, May 4, 1941, pp. 44, 45, 48, 49, and 1
PM, May 2, 1941
A truly great review of Citizen Kane by Cecelia Ager…
PM reviews Citizen Kane…
Orson Welles…
PM, May 2, 1941 (photos by Peter Killian)
(Anthony Esposito and William Esposito found guilty of murder… Ann Corio (and Ed Sullivan), and a diminished May Day Parade…)
PM, May 1, 1941, p.7
“Here’s What Makes a Museum Modern by Henry Simon.”
(“Coffee Concerts” started at 9 PM. Museum admission was $1.50. In May 1941 $1.50 had the same buying power as $27.59 in March 2021; in May 2021, museum admission is $25. The Sophistichords, Herman Chittison, solo, and John Kirby and his Orchestra, from Cafe Society Uptown… One of the songs performed by Herman Chittison at MoMA on April 30, 1941 was The Man I Love. One of the songs performed by John Kirby and his Orchestra was Double Talk.)
Museum of Modern Art to Present Series of Non-Concert Music Including Swing, Folk Songs, Gospel Singers, Spanish Dancers, and Voodoo Drummers… PDF of press release.
PM, May 1, 1941, p.7
‘Citizen Kane’ Gets A Running Start
Citizen Kane, the Orson Welles movie which for four months has withstood a nationwide Heartskrieg, opens tonight, 8:30, at the Palace. Its advance business, nourished by the newspaper controversy, is booming…
…”I can always show it,” he said. “I’ll show it in a ballpark with four screens, in auditoriums, at fairs, in circus tents, in necessary…”
Extra! Weegee!, pp. 300-301
“Weegee” Lends a Helping Hand
New York — Down at the Bronx Terminal Market, 151st and Exterior Sts., to cover the picketing by retail dealers, photographer “Weegee” got into the swing of things and carried a placard for the picketers. Here, he holds up the sign denouncing black marketeers, all the while puffing on his big cigar and keeping his camera handy for a good picture. The market was picketed by dealers protesting the black market and tie-in sales.
5/29/45
PM, August 20, 1940
They’d Sooner Be at the Beach But, Heat or No Heat, Jobs Are Scarce
Weegee, the wag, finished up the day by taking his own picture in the darkroom. Note camera release in his hand.
PM, April 1947
Turn Up ’98 Discs In Collyer Museum
“…Collyer had boasted the house contained 10 pianos. Fourteen have been found to date. Also:
Three radios.
Two organs.
Two violins.
An old fashioned gramophone.
The record collection had items that were a record-collectors dream, to wit:
Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.
A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.
American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.
A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”
1. “Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:
Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in Their Charge Up San Juan Hill, Columbia (A180).
Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in their Charge up San Juan Hill, Manhattan (638)
2. “A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:
La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (16514-B).
La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A)
La Marseillaise-National Air of France. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A).
3. “American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.”:
American Republic March, Columbia Band; Thiele. Columbia (A87), 1901.
American Republic March, Prince’s Band; Thiele. Columbia (A2223). 1917.
4. “A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”:
‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).
‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).
‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).
‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).
PM, April 9, 1947, Photo by John Albert
On this day in history… “Collyer Died as He Lived” and “4th Smallpox Case Reported Here.”
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