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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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June 5, 1968

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Christopher George

Bill Eppridge, [Juan Romero, busboy at Ambassador Hotel, kneeling to help fallen Robert F. Kennedy after he was shot by Sirhan B. Sirhan, Los Angeles], June 5, 1968 (1910.2005) Bill Eppridge, [Juan Romero, busboy at Ambassador Hotel, kneeling to help … Continue reading →

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“This is a New York sidewalk audience…”

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Christopher George

This is a New York sidewalk audience. Study their faces. Then scroll down the screen to see what they are looking at. Weegee, [Bystanders looking at the body of Salvatore Sutera, New York], February 6, 1941 (14046.1993) PM, February 7, … Continue reading →

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“Noon-day crowds were spectators at a wild melodrama of barking guns and sudden death”

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Christopher George

Charles Hoff, [Police escorting Anthony Esposito from prison ward at Bellevue Hospital to a line-up at police headquarters, New York], January 16, 1941 (2012.16.2) Charles Hoff, [Anthony Esposito leaving police headquarters for District Attorney’s office and then to his arraignment, … Continue reading →

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“Heiress slain early Sunday…”

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Christopher George

Weegee in PM, October 26, 1943, p. 11 The body of Mrs. Patricia Burton Lonergan, heiress slain early Sunday, is removed from her Beekman Hill apartment. Photo by Weegee, PM PM, October 26, 1943, p. 11 PM, October 26, 1943, … Continue reading →

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Weegee Wednesday: Hat’s Off!

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Robert Redwing brought in for questioning by New York police in Albert Langford murder case], June 1945 (2333.1945) LANGFORD MURDER. BIG CHIEF REDWING who was imported from WASHINGTON DC BY THE NY DAILY NEWS & WHO posed for exclusive … Continue reading →

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“I am a soldier of the ideal”: 72 Years Ago Today Anti-Fascist Carlo Tresca Was Assassinated

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Christopher George

PM Daily, January 14, 1943, p.2 PM Daily, January 13, 1943, pp.2-3 Three Theories on the Tresca Assassination: Police today had three theories – but no evidence – as to the motive for the murder of Carlo Tresca, anti-fascist editor … Continue reading →

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Joy of YOLOing…

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Police and bystanders with body of Stanley Sandler, a passenger in an automobile that crashed into a Third Avenue El pillar and caught fire, New York], April 16, 1942 (14129.1993) Weegee, [Greenpoint Hospital attendant Mary Biscarei tagging body of … Continue reading →

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42 Years Ago Today

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Christopher George

Paul Seawright, Untitled, 1992 (3439.1992) Saturday 1st July 1972 “One man had been shot three times in the head and neck and the other five times. The bodies of the two men were found in the cricket ground by two … Continue reading →

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