Monthly Archives: January 2020

Happy Year of the Rat

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Christopher George

Aleksandras Macijauskas, Veterinary surgeon Juozas Pranaitis, “In the Veterinary Clinic – 21”, 1977 (1140.1986.i) Bernard Aumuller, [Homemade poster against hoarding], ca. 1944 (2013.115.333) This home-made, and efective, cartoon against hoarding is posted in a New York grocery. (Caption adhered to … Continue reading →

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Lead Belly

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Christopher George

Rock Island Line, by Leadbelly; Paul Howard, 1944. Weegee (1899-1968), Leadbelly, ca. 1943-44 (15851.1993) Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) was born on January 20, 1889, in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and died in 1949, in New York. Eagle Rock Rag, by Leadbelly, 1944.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Christopher George

Charles Moore, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, 1958 (2011.24.4) Charles Moore, [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested in Montgomery, Alabama], 1958 (2011.24.5) Charles Moore, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for loitering outside a courtroom … Continue reading →

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Christopher George

Dan Weiner, [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.], 1956 (1984.13) Dan Weiner, [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama], 1956 (1984.2) Dan Weiner, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (142.1992) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born today, January 15, 1929.

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“Actual Photo of Ruth’s Execution”

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Christopher George

New York Daily News, January 13, p. 1 (Pink Edition, Final Edition, Final Edition) DEAD! Ruth Brown Snyder Henry Judd Gray STATE AVENGES ALBERT SNYDER’S DEATH! – Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray last night walked to a sitting death in … Continue reading →

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“…accused as murderess…”

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Anna Sheehan at police headquarters, New York], January, 1937 (14036.1993) Anna and Joseph Sheehan lived in Hells Kitchen. The Sheehans had been married for nine years. They had three children, all boys, at the dawn of 1937 their ages … Continue reading →

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John Baldessari (1931-2020)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Christopher George

David Seidner, John Baldessari, 1991 (2007.60.7) (Platinum print) John Baldessari (in conversation with Douglas Huebler, moderated by Charles Stainback) at ICP on Setember 30, 1992; this talk accompanied the exhibition “Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now.”

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