PM Daily, October 6, 1942
Fireman William Murawski and William Miller went to the rescue of this cat when it wedged itself between the walls of the buildings at 51 and 53 Barclay St. Freed, the cat repaid his rescuers. It bit Murawski’s right hand. (Neighbors call the cat Tojo.) PM Photo by Weegee
Weegee Daily, October 6, 2012
No cats; no neighbors. Approximate location of 51 and 53 Barclay St. “Freedom Tower” nearby… WD Photo by Ceegee
Weegee, PM Daily, October 6, 1941
Hoarding for Winter on one of the hottest days of the year, this squirrel is perfectly oblivious to the shoeless sleeper in Battery Park. Weegee, who took this PM photo, said the leaves were falling all over the man, but he slept right on through the chatter of squirrels, the photographer’s flash and the heat.
Ceegee, Weegee Daily, October 6, 2012
Hoarding for winter on one of the unseasonably warmest days of the year, this squirrel is perfectly oblivious to the fenced in, treeless tree in Battery Park. Ceegee, who took the WD photo, said the leaves were falling all over the tree, but it stood right on through the chatter of squirrels, the photographer’s flash and the unseasonable warmth.
Screen shots from Five Minutes to Live (1961). (Near the end…) One of the best movies we’ve seen this month…
Obviously Weegee
was not really
a paparazzi…
[Circus, 1943]
Sold for $538, on September 23, 2012.
Sold for $224.72 on August 5th, 2012.
Sold for $130 on August 5th, 2012.
Today, is the day it ended,
everything ended today,
“There are 8 million stories in the Naked City…”
There’s blood on
the lens, there’s
blood on the
books, mine, Naked
City, first edition,
first printing, black
and white and
red all over…
Weegee, PM Daily, July 23, 1942
Rationing of gasoline via permanent coupons started yesterday. In the photo, cars lined up in front of stations without gas. Sam Fromen, junkman, and his faithful steed had laugh on autoists at this Seventh Ave. station. Later in the day, after stations got gas, motorists stayed away in droves. Afraid of disappointment, perhaps. PM Photo by Weegee
Ceegee, Weegee Daily, July 23, 2012
Irrational. No rationing on this Seventh Ave. block. The gulf between the past and the present is thicker than bricks… WD Photo by Ceegee
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We let our fingers do the walking to find this location… According to the 1940 Manhattan telephone book (courtesy of NYPL), there were two Bricks Service Stations on 7th Ave. The one at 161 7th Ave. is behind the Gulf gas station in Weegee’s photo. A local resident on a bike helped us identify the “art deco” building in the background…
Close, but no cigar…
The Google Street view of the Weegee photo.
PM Daily, July 22, 1941, p. 20
Dancers Moved Out to 35th Street when Manhattan Center was forced to close its doors on a terrific crowd. Music was piped to sound trucks and the crowd in the street held its dance right there. Dancing was mixed with horseplay as aluminum pots sailed through the air in every direction. It took 50 cops to send the enthusiasts home, but it was all good fun. OPM told housewives that 5000 dishpans mean the U.S.A. can build one fighter plane, 2000 roasters and 2500 double boilers build two more planes. PM Photo by Weegee
Weegee Daily, July 22, 2012
No One Moved Out to 35th Street when Manhattan Center opened its rear stage doors on a terrific religious crowd. An enormous crowd left Manhattan Center and flowed east and west on 34th Street after a religious service ended. A few pedicabs made circles in the street, and parked in the pedicab garage…
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Where the photo was made, and a cheap imitation:
The uncommon circular decoration on the corner of the fire escape, in the forground of the Weegee photo, made the exact location of this photo easy to find. Weegee must have climbed up to the (perhaps) third floor of 327 (or perhaps 329) 35th St., and facing west, or away from Manhattan Center, and very close to NYPD’s Midtown Precinct South, made the photo that was published…
PM Daily, July 22, 1940, pp. 16-17
“Yesterday at Coney Island… Temperature 89… They Came Early, Stayed Late
Cameraman Reports On Lost Kids, Parking Troubles
Saturday was very hot. So I figured Sunday ought to be a good day to make crowd shots at Coney Island. I arrived at the beach at Coney at 4 a.m., Sunday…
I came back Sunday afternoon… After making the crowd shot I went into the “Cage”…
On the way back to the city I was hailed by a female hitch hiker… She wanted to go home and change into a play suit and ride with me. But I told her I had too much work to do and not enough time to play.
When I got back to the city I took a shower and finished my pictures. While I was at Coney I had two kosher frankfurters and two beers at a Jewish delicatessen on the Boardwalk. Later on for a chaser I had five more beers, a malted milk, two root beers, three Coca Colas and two glasses of buttermilk. And five cigars, costing 19 cents.”
Weegee Daily, July 22, 2012
“Today at Coney Island… Temperature 80… They Came Early, Stayed Late(?)
Cameraman Reports on the Weather, Tea and Sweets.
Saturday was warm, although not as hot and humid as the previous record-breaking few weeks, and it was the 72nd anniversary of a famous photo… So I figured Sunday ought to be a good day to make crowd shots at Coney Island. I arrived at the beach at Coney at 12:30 p.m. Sunday…
After making the crowd shot I went into the amazing and extraordinary Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore and wonderful and otherworldly Coney Island Museum… ” I would have stayed and played pinball and skee-ball, but “I had too much work to do and not enough time to play.”
I found the Robert Wilson Coney Island mural, but the Weegee “inspired” or “quoted” or “appropriated” part was hard to find…
On the way back to the city the Q train was running local on the R track…
When I got back to the city I took a shower and finished my pictures and made a sublime blog post. While I was at Coney I had a bottle of water. Later on for a chaser I had one cup of organic ice coffee and three cups of organic green tea. And Icelandic milk chocolate, costing $3.50.”
Coney Island
And this is Coney Island on a quiet Sunday afternoon… a crowd of over a MILLION is usual and attracts no attention (I wonder who counts them)… it costs only a nickel to get there from any part of the city, and undressing is permitted on the beach… Some come to bathe, but others come to watch the girls. A good spot being the boardwalk…
Naked City, p 176
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July 22, 2012. Coney Island as seen from pier… site of at least one famous photo…
A Weegee Daily Map can be seen here!
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