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PM Daily, September 9, 1943
Little Italy Celebrates and Gives Thanks
Over Mulberry St., on the Lower East Side, flags of America and Italy flutter side by side for the first time in 21 months after radios blared the news at noon yesterday that the two countries no longer were at war

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Weegee Daily, September 9, 2013
Nolita Shops and Gives Bird Seed
Over Mulberry St., in Nolita, a flag of the US Marine Corps flutters above a pigeon also fluttering and feeding…

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PM Daily, September 7, 1944
Death Strikes a Truck Driver at Dawn… And the Living Suffer.
Rudolph Supik, 38, of 417 E. 10th St. was killed at 6:10 a.m. yesterday when the bakery truck he was diving colided with a sedan at 1st Ave.. and 7th St…

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Weegee Daily, September 7, 2013
And the Living Suffer.
At around 6:10 p.m. today…

to be continued…

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From the eBay listing:
“Original weegee from world famous archive
silver gelatin on final fiber print great condition for its age and rarity ! 4×5”

Sold for $65.00

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From the eBay listing:
“WEEGEE ORIGINAL STAMPED PHOTO
It is silver gelatin final fiber print in great condition due to its age and rarity ! Size is 4×4”

Sold for $55.00

This eBay listing has a link (“some press on photo aug 13th”) that has a link…

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From the eBay listing:
“WEEGEE ORIGINAL STAMPED PHOTO
It is silver gelatin final fiber print in great condition due to its age and rarity ! Size is 4×5”

Sold for $65.00

We saved the best for last. The back of this photo looks a lot like the back of the previous photo… Must be a coincidence… A few more phony Weegee photos sold on eBay…

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PM Daily, September, 4, 1944
It was 5 o’clock in the morning at Duffy Square, Broadway and 47th St. The Labor Day influx and the shortage of hotel space coincided with warm weather, and many visiting servicemen found it convenient to sleep outdoors, along with a few of the steady park bench customers.
Photo by Weegee, PM

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Weegee Daily, September 4, 2013
It was 5 o’clock in the afternoon at Duffy Square, Broadway and 47th St. The post Labor Day influx coincided with the warm, not humid, weather, and many visitors to the Naked City posed with a beautiful woman wearing a pink feathered headdress and many more visitors found it convenient to sit on the red stairs, under a watchful eye…
Photo by Ceegee, WD