“If you see…”

July 6, 2024
1943, PM


PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10, PM Photo by Weegee

If you see an air-raid warden carrying a stick like this – which happens to be a sawed-off billiard cue – or a police billy, tell the Police Dept. at once. Wardens are not allowed to arm themselves. And don’t be misled by the statements of the Brooklyn wardens who carry these clubs. They say they’re an “anti-mugging patrol” guarding subway stations and escorting unattended women home from them. But there’s no crime wave in Brooklyn.
PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10

“…seems happy about the idea…”

July 5, 2024
1943, PM


PM, July 5, 1943, p.10, PM Photo by Weegee

Police Commissioner Valentine says he hasn’t heard of air raid wardens carrying night sticks. PM herewith prints a picture of one who seems happy about the idea…
PM, July 5, 1943, p.10

“…he calls himself the Spider…”

July 5, 2024
1942, Coney Island, PM


PM, July 5, 1942, p.7, PM Photo by Weegee

Coney Island At Noon Saturday: The crowd came later, according to Weegee, who wanted a photo that showed some beach and not too many people. The masked man said he was a laundry man, but would only be photographed incognito. The mask is a gag of his; he calls himself the Spider, and likes to frighten people. Weegee didn’t get the names and addresses of the others in the photo, either.
PM, July 5, 1942, p.7

“…waited to be first…”

June 12, 2024
1950, LIFE, Weegee Life


Life, June 12, 1950, p.51

Tussle At The Tunnel

Ancient rivals meet in Brooklyn in fight to be first through tube

“Life” Showed Rivals in 1938

A dozen years ago Life published this strip of pictures showing the first meeting of Horn (left) and Catan as they waited to be first through the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River. Horn started from New York, Catan from New Jersey. They met in the middle, but Catan paid first toll since gates are on Jersey side.
Life, June 12, 1950, p.51

Happy Birthday Weegee!!!

June 12, 2024
1941, PM


“Happy Birthday”; Eddie Davis and his Orchestra; Sittin’ In With (520); 1949


PM, March 2, 1941


“Happy, Happy Birthday Baby”; The Tune Weavers; Frank Paul’s Orch.; M. Sylvia; G. Lopez; Checker (872); 1957


PM, March 9, 1941

A picture with somebody in it sells better than a picture of a lifeless object. So Weegee sometimes puts himself in his picture-shooting them by “remote control.” Here he is posing as a “curious passerby” looking at the body of a Brooklyn murder victim found in trunk near the Gowanus Canal.
PM, March 9, 1941


“Happy Birthday To You”; Raymond Scott and his New Orchestra; Clyde Burke; M. J. Hill; Columbia (35864); November 29, 1940


“Happy Birthday”; Craven Edwards And his Lazy K-Ranch Boys; Len Stokes; Hill; Diamond (2007-A); June 1946


PM, March 9, 1941

Weegee makes friends readily. On a Chinatown assignment he got this New Year’s lucky wish from a Chinese girl. He has a photo of her painting it pinned above his bed (see picture on next page). It is characteristic of him to have his picture taken this way. The cigar is standard equipment.
PM, March 9, 1941


“Today Is Your Birthday”; The Enchanters; Buddy Lucas and his Band of Tomorrow; Bernstein; Levine; Odom; Geritz; Jubilee (5072); 1952


“Happy Birthday Father (From)”; Harry Tush and his Society Orchestra; Rondoliers; Avalon (502A)


PM, March 9, 1941

Weegee’s room shows his devotion to his job. On top of his regular radio is a police short-wave radio and a loudspeaker attached to it dangles over his bed. On the floor are his special “murder shoes” – at left – and his “snow shoes.” He keeps his “fire shoes” in his car. The wall decorations are examples of his work and certificates of awards for prize-winning pictures. The cardboard boxes at the extreme right are his disorderly “files.” The typewriter is his latest acquisition. He has recently taken up writing – a field in which he shows rather startling talent. We don’t know what the Flit is for.
PM, March 9, 1941


“Birthday Party”; Sil Austin; J. Collins; Mercury (71027); December 25, 1956

Happy Birthday Weegee…

“Runaway cats…”

May 10, 2024
1943, LIFE, Weegee Life


“One O’clock Jump,”; Harry James and his Orchestra; Basie; Columbia (36232); March 6, 1939


Life, May 10, 1943, pp. 34-35 (Photos by Weegee and George Karger)

JITTERBUGS JAM JAMES’S JIVE JAG

News pundits find war phenomenon

…The newspaper PM devoted several scholarly disquisitions to the Harry James jitterbugs…


“Two O’clock Jump,”; Harry James and his Orchestra; James; Basie; Goodman; Columbia (36232); March 6, 1939