“Ellington Fantasy”

April 29, 2021
1957, distortions, music


Hugo Montenegro, Ellington Fantasy, Vik, LX-1106, 1958
“Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, July 23, 25 and 31, 1957.”
Photo by Weegee.

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“Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook, by Musiker and Musiker, 1998

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Billboard, May 26, 1958

Recreation of Hugo Montenegro’s Ellington Fantasy album with recordings of 78s by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra:


Black and Tan Fantasy, 1927


Sophisticated Lady, 1940


Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me, 1940


Solitude, 1934


Azure, 1937


Mood Indigo, 1930


Caravan, 1937


In a Sentimental Mood, 1935


I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good, 1941


Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, 1947


I Didn’t Know About You, 1944


I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, 1938

Happy Birthday anniversary to DUKE ELLINGTON…

Tempest Storm (1928-2021)

April 22, 2021
Uncategorized


“Tempest STORM, ‘New’ Series – Large Photos, ‘Full Set,’ Only $1.00”


“Two Insurance Policies
$25,000 Each
Tempest Storm, the ‘Bazoom Girl’ has insured herself most definitely against occupational hazards to the merry tune of $50,000, naturally divided into two polices. Recently…”


“Everyone watches intently as the first spoonful of immortality is poured. Goo didn’t even tickle.”

“SEIZED AS FIREBUG”

April 19, 2021
1937


The New York Sun, Monday, April 19, 1937, P. 2 (Photo by A. Fellig)

(On this day in history… 84 years ago today… a prewar portrait published…)

“Early one morning last week in the gashouse district on Manhattan’s lower East Side, a neat, grey-haired watchman named George Preston, 47, was caught setting fire to a rubbish heap under the stairs of a tenement house whose occupants lay sleeping. Watchman Preston, once a probationary fireman at Lynn, Mass., tearfully told police he took a few drinks every time he got a headache, set fires for excitement every time he took a few drinks. When he accompanied them to The Bronx, pointed out nine buildings he had previously fired, police believed they had cleared up a series of incendiary fires that have terrorized Bronx dwellers for two years. Firebug Preston carefully guided them, past locations where incendiary fires resulted fatally, pointed only to addresses where no lives were lost. Said the police: “These incendiary fires have caused us more worry than any five murderers.”
Time, April 26, 1937


PM, April 18, 1941

(“…earthworks… a statue…”)

April 15, 2021
1947


PM, March 25, 1947 (Photo by Morris Gordon)
“Two thousand curious bystanders crowded sidewalks and fire escapes on buildings near 2078 Fifth Ave. yesterday…”


PM, March 27, 1947 (Photo by Morris Gordon)
“Fortress Against the World,” by Max Lerner

(“…earthworks… a statue…” and a park…)

“…an Arthur Fellig favorite…”

April 14, 2021
1943, 1944


[Narberth], April 13, 1944, p.3

“Camera Topics,” by T.T. Holden.

“The Salvation Army serves over 12,000 doughnuts every day to service men and women in Philadelphia through their fleet of seventeen mobile canteens and six club cars…”


[Narberth], April 13, 1944, p.3

“Windsors at the circus, an Arthur Fellig favorite. 4×5 Speed Graphic on Agfa Superpan Press film, one bulb at camera, f: 4.5 at 1/250th sec.”

(The photo, one of at least six of the Windsors at the circus, was made in May 1943… after a final photo: “They shook hands. Weegee says he got this picture of himself by psychic means. ‘I then packed up,’ his report adds, “and went to a nearby Automat and had a cup of coffee.”)


[Narberth], April 13, 1944, p.3

“The WAR and YOU”


[Narberth], April 13, 1944, p.3

“These Things Make a Job Worthwhile!”

This day in history (yesterday).
(Wartime Weegee with royalty covering the home front… and drinking coffee…)


PM, April 13, 1941, p. 50 (Elizabeth Hawes, Charles Martin)
“Suppose That Clothes Were Good for Four Years…”

Almost Art

April 13, 2021
auction

Three recent auction results, (screenshots from auction websites):


Phillips, April 8, 2021. (Unsold.)

Obviously not a photo made by Weegee. (Sold for $11.99.)


Naked City, 1945. (Sold for less than $350.)

“San Diego?”

“Selected images…”

April 12, 2021
auction


(Screenshots from auction house website.)

Speaking of collecting… A recent auction… Photos not sold…

Three photos with a Weegee stamp; probably not made by Weegee.

And also not sold, a Weegee portfolio:

“THE PEDDLER OF ROSES”

April 11, 2021
auction


(Screenshots from auction house website)

Speaking of collecting… Recent auction result…

(Print date is…)

Bonhams, April 9, 2021

Typed captions taped to other versions of this image:
“THE PEDDLER OF ROSES”
“Buy A ROSE for your HONEY”
But all the HONEY’S wanted was 4 ROSES, with GINGER ALE for a CHASER…

“Buy A Rose For Your Honey.” But ALL THE HONEY’S WANTED 4 ROSES… WITH GINGER ALE FOR A CHASER…