Monthly Archives: April 2016

Weegee Wednesday: “Drunks Arrested on Bowery”

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Christopher George

Weegee, Drunks arrested on the Bowery, 1943-45 (2395.1993) Across the street from Elizabeth Tailor, and slightly below Canal, the American Jobbing Co. Inc. once occupied 23 Elizabeth St. (Now there is an awning for and perhaps an entrance to “New … Continue reading →

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Soviet Armenia

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Christopher George

USSR in Construction, photo by Kislov (Soyuzphoto), February 1936, No. 2, (2012.13.30) Comrade Stalin and Elena Abramyan, a worker at the Leninakan [Gyumri] Textile mill. (At the reception of the delegation of the toilers of Soviet Armenia in the Kremlin.) … Continue reading →

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“Pollution in China”

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Christopher George

Lu Guang, The sewage plant of the Fluorine Industrial Park discharges its untreated waste into the riverbed of the Yangtze River through a 1500 meter-long pipeline, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, “Pollution in China,” June 11, 2009 (2012.14.3) Lu Guang, The … Continue reading →

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Happy Passover from the Vishniac Archive at ICP

Posted on April 22, 2016 by claartjevandijk

Roman Vishniac, [Jewish refugees from Germany leaving France for Palestine on board the S.S.Providence, Marseille Harbor], April, 1947 Roman Vishniac, [Jewish refugees from Germany leaving France for Palestine on board the S.S.Providence, Marseille Harbor], April, 1947 Happy Passover from the … Continue reading →

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Weegee Wednesday: “Dora,” Weegee says, “is a singer of sentimental songs at Sammy’s. She sings very loud, but good.”

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Christopher George

Weegee (1899-1968), [Dora performing at Sammy’s on the Bowery, New York], April 16, 1944 (14254.1993) 72 years ago this week, PM published a photo of Dora Pelletier, an entertainer at Sammy’s Bowery Follies (267 Bowery), singing, and the words of … Continue reading →

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Malick Sidibé, 1935 – 2016

Posted on April 15, 2016 by claartjevandijk

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël, 1962 (22.2004) Malick Sidibé, Les Trois Mareines, 1984 (20.2004) Malick Sidibé, Mère et Enfants, ca. 1975 (21.2004)

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Weegee Wednesday: Bowery Savings Banks

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Christopher George

Weegee (1899-1968), [Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery entertainers, New York], 1944 Weegee (1899-1968), Naked City, 1945, pp. 150-151 (“Ladies keep their money in their stockings…”) PM, July 18, 1945 In an early review of Naked City, PM editor John … Continue reading →

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In honor of the 125th anniversary of the death of P. T. Barnum

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Christopher George

Frank Wendt (1858 after-1930), Capt. Geo. Auger, Welsh Giant, 1905 (2011.42.5) Printed on verso: Capt. Geo. Auger, Welsh Giant. Born in Cardiff, Wales; 22 years of age; weighs 350 lbs.; 7 ft., 8 inches in height. Tallest man on earth. … Continue reading →

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