Life, March 3, 1941, p. 108
Tag Archives: 1941
“Gambling Lady Scuttles Anonymously…”
Life, January 6, 1941, pp. 20-21
Picture of the Week –
Gambling lady scuttles anonymously from New York “joint” following police raid.
“Cop Kills Holdup Man”
PM, November 24, 1941, p.13
Cop Kills Holdup Man:
A few minutes after he had held up an Essex Street lunchroom on the Lower East Side and shot a patron, Vincent Mannuzza, 31, was lying dead at the feet of the cop who shot him. Patrolman Laurence Cramer, right, shot and killed Mannuzza, after a two-block chase and is shown handing the gunman’s revolver to Sgt. Eugene Morland. The $20 loot taken from the restaurant lies in Mannuzza’s hat at his side. An ambulance surgeon crouches over the dead man who was shot in he head and back. Mannuzza shot a customer, Adam Zayko, 50, when he refused to go into the back room with two other customers and the manager of the lunchroom.
PM Photo by Weegee
PM, November 24, 1941, p.13
“Dreamsville, Ohio”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; Jean Hutton; Lee; Rinker; Freeland; Okeh (6518); Publication date: November 24, 1941
The Niagara Falls Gazette, Monday, November 24, 1941, p. 22
Brooklyn Eagle, November 24, 1941, p.3
Long Island Daily Press, November, 24, 1941, p.1
Richmond Record, November 24, 1941,
“…Pup Almost Dies…”
“Coming Out Party”; Count Basie and his Orchestra; Ebbins; Okeh (6564); Publication date: November 17, 1941
PM, November 17, 1941, p.18
Mongrel Pup Almost Dies Saving 16 Families in Fire
Jerry, mongrel collie, was overcome by smoke in a fish store at 210 E. 10th St., but not before he attracted the attention of a passerby.When the ambulance arrived an intern gave the unconscious pup an injection and continued treatments until he regained his senses. Sixteen families made their escape from apartments above the store, due to Jerry’s warning.
John Lamanna, Jerry’s owner, tenderly carries him off wrapped in a blanket. The intern said the dog would recover.
PM Photos by Weegee”
PM, November 17, 1941
“More Than You Know”; Count Basie and his Orchestra; Lynne Sherman; Eliscu; W. Rose; Youmans; Winter; Okeh (6584); Publication date: November 17, 1941
“Dewey”
Life, October 27, 1941, p.11
“Varying Reactions Are Mirrored…”
Salamanca Republican Press, October 11, 1941, p.7
Naked City, 1945, pp.86-87
A woman relative cried… but neighborhood dead-end kinds enjoyed the show when a small-time racketeer was shot and killed.
“…Sports ‘Porcupine’ Model”
Life, September 29, 1941, pp. 12-13
Life, September 29, 1941, p. 13
Speaking of Pictures…
Tom Dewey Sports “Porcupine” Model
Life, September 29, 1941, p. 13
“Spring Scene”
“Let’s Go Home”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; S. Williams; Holland; Burke; Okeh (6366); Publication date: August 5, 1941
PM, August 5, 1941, pp.18-20
The Rise and Fall of Lepke Buchalter
Climax of O’Dwyer War on Murder, Inc.; One of City’s Biggest Racketeers on Trial
PM, August 5, 1941, p.18
PM, August 5, 1941, p.20 (PM Photo by Weegee)
Spring Scene And here’s what happened to Sidney (Shimmy) Shales last April. Shimmy was on the lam from a federal indictment linking him to 14 Lepke-ites. Early in the evening he was sauntering up Fifth Avenue when a bullet plowed into his thigh. The marksman then bent over him, jammed his gun against Shimmy’s temple and fired four more shots. None of the hundred who crowded around the corpse would say he had seen the killer. And Shimmy couldn’t.
“To Your Heart’s Content (Acercate Mas)”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; Farres; Okeh (6366); Publication date: August 5, 1941
“…Most Perfect…”
“Babies Crying (Continuous)”; Standard Sound Effect (036255)
“Dear Old Southland”; Duke Ellington; Creamer; Layton; Victor (27564-B); Recorded May 14, 1941
Unidentified Photographer, AP, May 14, 1941
Victors’ Chorus
Winners and runners-up in the Brooklyn Methodist hospital’s “most perfect baby” contest doesn’t seem happy about it…
“Blues in My Condition”; Cootie Williams and His Orchestra; Williams; Columbia (MZ 363); May 7, 1941
Brooklyn Eagle, May 13, 1941
“Boogie Woogie Man”; Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons; Ammons; Johnson; Victor (27505-A); May 7, 1941
Unidentified Photographer, Brooklyn Eagle, May 14, 1941
Boilermaker’s Baby Tops
Howling successes are these babies, all prize winners in Methodist Hospital’s annual perfect baby contest…
“Pete’s Mixture”; Pete Johnson; Dave Dexter; Decca (8582B); May 8, 1941
Unidentified Photographer, Buffalo, May 16, 1941
What? Sextuplets?
No, it’s just the six winners and runners-up in the Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s “most perfect baby” contest…
“Barrel House Boogie”; Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons; Ammons; Johnson; Victor (27504-B); May 7, 1941
Unidentified Photographer, New York Sun, May 14, 1941
“Death Ray Boogie”; Pete Johnson; Dave Dexter; Decca (3830B); May 8, 1941
Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17
“Basement Boogie”; Pete Johnson; Decca (3830A); May 8, 1941
“Baby Crying (Continuous)”; Major (5001 A); 1960
Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p 17
Meet Methodist Hospital’s Most Perfect Baby
One of these six babies, all of them born last year in the maternity ward of the Methodist Hospital, Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, will soon be named the most perfect baby of the year. The nurses are lining them up to be judged by the pediatricians as part of the hospital’s fourth annual Perfect Baby Contest yesterday. The fist baby on the left is making a grab for the first prize, perhaps it’s an omen. The others don’t seem to be very much interested. Which of the six do you think should win?
Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17
Weegee, PM, May 14, 1941, p. 17
“Solitude”; Duke Ellington; Victor (27564-A); Recorded May 14, 1941
“Ticking of the clock…”
“Murderistic”; Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra; Joe Lippman; Decca (4356 A); Publication date: December 22, 1941
PM, December 22, 1941, p.1
“Remember Pearl Harbor”; Eddy Howard and his Orchestra; Eddy Howard; Reid; S. Kaye; Columbia (36497); Publication date: December 22, 1941
PM, December 22, 1941, p.11 (Second photo by Weegee published after Pearl Harbor; one of only four published in PM in December 1941.)
Ticking of the clock brought on police investigation. PM Photo by Weegee
Police Solve Mystery Of Ticking Suitcase
But Virtually Ruin Contents By Soaking It in Oil
An attendant at the Pennsylvania Station parcel-checking room wasn’t taking any chances yesterday when he picked up a suitcase and heard a ticking noise inside it. He called police.
Bomb squad detectives took the suitcase to a nearby parking lot, soaked it in oil and opened it. They found an alarm clock, the hands indicating 5:28; three pairs of women’s shoes, a raincoat, a meat chopper, two flatirons, two brushes and woman’s undies.
The suitcase was returned to the checkroom, the contents a bit the worse for the oil.
“We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again”; Eddy Howard and his Orchestra; Friend; C. Tobias; Columbia (36497); Publication date: December 22, 1941
PM, December 22, 1941, p.12
How To Convert Your Home Into A Bomb Shelter
“Life is Fine”; Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra; James Young and Ensemble; James Young; Decca (4289 A); Publication date: December 22, 1941
PM, December 22, 1941, p.21
Brooklyn’s Claim To Dying Fame
“I’m Losing My Mind (Because Of You)”; Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra; Dan Grissom; Herb Waters; Ted Choate; Mary Schaeffer; Decca (4289 B); Publication date: December 22, 1941
The actual candy sore on the corner of Saratoga and Livonia Aves., once owned by Rose Gold. Today it’s a refurbished and reputable establishment. Photo by Steven Derry, PM
“What Is This Thing Called Love?”; Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra; Cole Porter; Connie Haines; Victor (27782-A); Publication date: December 22, 1941
Albert Anastasia
Happy Maione
Abe Reles
“Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) – Part 1”; Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra; Harold Arlen; Johnny Mercer; Decca (4125 A); Publication date: December 22, 1941
Albert Happy Abe
“I Don’t Want to Walk without You”; Erskine Hawkins (The Twentieth Century Gabriel); Ida James; Frank Loesser; Jule Styne; Bluebird (B-11439-B); Publication date: December 22, 1941
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