Tag Archives: Sammy’s on the Bowery

“…She sings very loud, but good.”

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Christopher George

Weegee (1899-1968), [Dora performing at Sammy’s on the Bowery, New York], April 1944 (14254.1993) 76 years ago tomorrow, April 16, 1944, PM published a photo of Dora Pelletier, an entertainer at Sammy’s. The photo and the accompanying words were the … Continue reading →

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“The Most Extraordinary Singers and Music” – Lisette Model at Sammy’s Bowery Follies

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Christopher George

Lisette Model (1901-1983), Singer [Mabel Sidney] at Sammy’s Bar, ca. 1940, (20.1993) Mabel Sidney at Sammy’s, ca. 1955 Lisette Model (1901-1983), Singer at Sammy’s, New York, ca. 1940 (49.1993) Lisette Model speaking, at ICP on November 17, 1977, about Sammy’s … 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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Weegee Wednesday: Weegee and Lee

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Christopher George

Lee Sievan (1907-1990), Weegee and Sammy: Book Party – Weegee’s People at Sammy’s on the Bowery, November 11, 1946 (41.1985) Lee Sievan (1907-1990), Book Party – Weegee’s People at Sammy’s on the Bowery. Men – Editors – Duell Sloan and … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Christopher George

Weegee (1899-1968), [Dora performing at Sammy’s on the Bowery, New York], April 16, 1944 (14254.1993) PM, April 16, 1944, p. m4 Seventy one years ago tomorrow, April 16, PM published a photo of Dora Pelletier, an entertainer at Sammy’s Bowery Follies … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Weegee!

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Christopher George

All photographs made by the amazing and brilliant Simon Nathan at the book release party of Weegee’s People at Sammy’s Bowery Follies, New York, November 11, 1946 (The film in Weegee’s borrowed Bolex can be seen in the sublime and … Continue reading →

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