PM, October 17, 1940 Vol. 1, No. 90, pp. 16-17
“New York’s Busiest Crossroads Soon Will Be Busier Than Ever”
Pictured here, in photo and diagram, is the busiest traffic intersection in New York – perhaps the busiest anywhere: 33d St., between Broadway and Sixth Ave…”
Diagram by Leo Hershfield (1904 – 1979).
(to be continued…)
PM, October 17, 1940 Vol. 1, No. 90
(to be continued…)
PM, October 16, 1940 Vol. 1, No. 89
(to be continued…)
PM, October 15, 1940, Vol. 1, No. 88 (Photos by the great Gene Badger!)
Q. “Who must register for the draft tomorrow?”
A. “Every male who has passed his 21st birthday and has not yet reached his 36th birthday…”
(W. would have been approximately 39-40.)
(Charlie Chaplin…)
Weegee
SEATED NUDE WITH FISHNET VEIL
‘451 West 47th Street’ and circular ‘Credit photo by the famous Weegee’ credit/studio stamps on the reverse
framed
1940s
printed later
13 by 10 3/4 in.
(Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 26 April 1990, Sale 6004, Lot 312)
Sold for $4,375
Sotheby’s
October 3, 2016
The above words and image are copied from sothebys.com…
Weegee
Various genre scenes, 1940s
5 gelatin silver prints,
printed 1960s
Stamps:
4 stamped photographer’s ‘451 West 47th Street’ credit
3 stamped ‘Weegee The Famous’ credit
3 stamped ‘Weegee from Photo-Representatives’ credit in black ink (verso)
each image approx.: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
each sheet: 14 x 11 in.
Sold for: $13,750
Christies, October 5, 2016
All of the above words and the image are copied from christies.com website…
Once upon a time, on a website called (something like) corbis.com, one could find scores of Weegee photos…
Now corbis.com redirects to http://www.gettyimages.com/?corbis. And one is confronted with a message:
“Corbis Images and Corbis Motion closed their doors on May 2, 2016. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We are moving the best Corbis imagery and video content to Getty Images…”
Some of these Weegee images are still available/visible, but many of the images, perhaps from ACME, are either not available or hard to find…
Below, presumably scanned from the original negatives, are six photos made at Sammy’s:
Once upon a time, on a website called (something like) corbis.com, one could find scores of Weegee photos…
Now corbis.com redirects to http://www.gettyimages.com/?corbis. And one is confronted with a message:
“Corbis Images and Corbis Motion closed their doors on May 2, 2016. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We are moving the best Corbis imagery and video content to Getty Images…”
Some of these Weegee images are still available/visible, but many of the images, perhaps from ACME, are either not available or hard to find…
Below, presumably scanned from the original negatives, are ten photos made at Coney Island:
PM, October 11, 1940, p20 (unidentified photographers and author)
“Iraq’s Oil Wells Are the Near East’s Most Coveted Prize
Iraq’s rich oil fields are a prize coveted by every European power and would be the most important objective of an Axis offensive into the Near East…”
76 years ago today… some things don’t change…
Once upon a time, on a website called (something like) corbis.com, one could find scores of Weegee photos…
Now corbis.com redirects to http://www.gettyimages.com/?corbis. And one is confronted with a message:
“Corbis Images and Corbis Motion closed their doors on May 2, 2016. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We are moving the best Corbis imagery and video content to Getty Images…”
Some of these Weegee images are still available/visible, but many of the images, perhaps from ACME, are either not available or hard to find…
Below, presumably scanned from the original negatives, are eight photos made on Coney Island:
Weegee, [Coney Island], 1940
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 