PM, May 27, 1941, pp. 12 and 13
Tag Archives: 1941
“Record of a New York Day” (Murder Inc., Museum Therapeutics, War Preparations) – May 25, 1941
PM, May 25, 1941, p.20
The latest in Aimée Crocker, Murder Inc., and pigeon news…
PM, May 25, 1941, p.51 (by Robert Rice)
“How N.Y. Prepares to Defend Itself From Bombers”
New York City prepares for war. (About seven months before they entered the war.)
PM, May 25, 1941, p.51
PM, May 25, 1941, p.52
“Emergency Services are Ready for Action”
PM, May 25, 1941, p.52
PM, May 25, 1941, p.53
“Museum Therapeutics
As far as property damage from bombs goes, opinion is that such large buildings as hospitals and museums would be extremely vulnerable. Museum tycoons, however, are not making extensive plans to stow their treasures for the duration. Only small, movable stuff would be transported. The rest would be left both because moving it would be much too difficult and because museums provide a popular form of escapism during a crises.”
PM, May 25, 1941, p.53
PM, May 25, 1941, p.53 (police headquarters, 250 Centre St.)
“Won’t Be Caught
The co-operating organizations are innumerable, ranging from specialized bodies of engineers, doctors, architects and so forth, specifically devoted to defense to all kinds of civilian organization which have nothing but time, energy and good to contribute.
To sum up: The City Fathers are by no means unaware of the possible dangers to New York in the event of war, and they are preparing to meet them. Probably a larger part of the plans have not yet been made public, Some of them never will be. But if the ominous buzz of enemy aircraft ever sounds over New York the city won’t be caught with its guard down.”
“Record of a New York Day” – May 23, 1941
PM, May 23, 1941, p. 10
There’s something for everyone on this “Record of a New York Day”… Bowery news, bridges, scattered pies, dough, ice cream, crime in Brooklyn, the Bronx, hot weather, tenements, the Lower East Side, kids, a kitten, euthanasia… And more apple news… If the Civil War ended in 1865, then… in 1941 the Civil War was more recent, more contemporary, then 1941 is to us today, in 2020. (A mere 76 years versus 79 years ago…)
A photo that is similar to Weegee’s photo of kids and kitten on a fire escape appears in Weegee’s recently republished book Naked City…
Naked City, pp. 22-23
(Speaking of a Naked City:)
PM, May 23, 1941, p. 13 (Photo by Gene Badger)
“Scene: East River. Time: 3 p.m. Temperature: 90.7
Yesterday’s 90.7 degrees made it the hottest day of the year… The Bronx was bombarded by a freak hailstorm… Cvek, the convicted strangler asked Sing Sing officials why the prison wasn’t air-conditioned.”
October 7, 1941
PM, October 5, 1941
“Wrong Number: At least that’s the expression on Rainbow’s face, who seems ready to purr: “That ain’t my master’s voice.” This black cat used to live at the Aquarium. But the Aquarium is closed. Reporters at Manhattan Police Headquarters adopted Rainbow. PM Photo by Bob Evans.”
75 Years Ago Yesterday… “Winter From the Empire State Building…”
PM, January 26, 1941, p. 32
“Winter From the Empire State Building
Snow was almost gone from pavements yesterday, but it lay thick on skyscraper roofs. No traffic there, 5 to 10 degrees colder. PM Photo by Weegee.”
75 Years ago today… “It’s Not Dead – Only Sleeping”
PM, January 20, 1941, pp. 18-19
PM, January 20, 1941, pp. 18-19 (Not the same page 18.)
PM, January 20, 1941, pp. 18-19 (Not the photo that was published.)
The Record of a New York Day… June 30, 1941… 74 years ago yesterday…
PM, June 30, 1941 (74 years ago yesterday.)
The Record of a New York Day
A freak, mid-afternoon electrical storm came, went and left the city still hot and perspiring. The hottest temperature was 88 degrees, and, according to the Weather Bureau, it ought to be about the same today. A woman, Ida Bogart, 25, was killed yesterday at Nanuet Lake, N.J. when lightening struck a tree under which she had taken shelter.
Luckily for resorts, the rain was restricted mostly to the Bronx and Washington Heights. There wasn’t even a drizzle at Coney Island, which drew 1,000,000 visitors. Despite the heat, only 75,000 of Coney’s million went into the water. The remaining 925,000, however, found other forms of amusement.
ATTEMPTED HOLDUP: Just about a half-hour before this picture was taken, Michael Reilly, 23-year-old paroled convict, shown here with Patrolman Thomas Henry, was standing up. According to the police, Reilly, who still “owes” eight years at Danemora [Danemora! That’s a coincidence…] for a previous hold up, tried yesterday to hold up a bartender at a tavern at 750 Tenth Ave., near 54th Street. While Reilly brandished two guns, a patron slipped out and called patrolman Henry, attached to the 54th Street station. The policeman shot the bandit in the chest. Photo by Weegee
AID TO BRITAIN: A. Hitler’s Irish relatives, now in New York, are ganging up on him. The other day Adolf’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Brigid Hitler, the 49-year-old Dubliner who used to be married to der Fueherer’s half-brother, Alois, volunteered for service with the British War Relief. Yesterday William Patrick Hitler, 30, her son and Adolf’s nephew, got a good-by kiss from Brigid as he left for Canada to join the fight against his uncle. Photo by Weegee
74 Years Ago Today: “It is characteristic of him to have his picture taken this way…”
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 next page). It is characteristic of him to have his picture taken this way. The cigar is standard equipment.”
74 Years Ago Today… “Weegee advises: Get the human interest…”
PM, March 9, 1941
“Weegee advises: ‘If it’s a fire don’t just start shooting the burning building. Get the human interest: people being rescued or watching the building.’ Picture editors found this car, iced by firemen more interesting than smoke and flames.”
74 Years Ago Today… “I don’t gloat over it, it’s my job.”
PM, March 9, 1941
“This is a horrible but fascinating picture of a midget arrested in a vice case, unsuccessfully trying to dodge Weegee’s camera. About such pictures Weegee says: ‘I’m there to take pictures and I do it. I don’t gloat over it, it’s my job.'”
Brooklyn Eagle, April 17, 1940 (article from Fulton History)
(Is this the same Jerry Austin who was in Freaks (1932), Saratoga Trunk (1945), The Lovable Cheat (1949), etc.?)
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 