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“Weegee Has a Salon”

PM, August 27, 1941, p. 14 Weegee Has a Salon: Arthur Fellig, the night-prowling cameraman who turns in many of PM’s choicest pictures of fires, wrecks, rescues and crimes, is having a one-man show of...

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Louis Faurer, New York, late 1940s

Louis Faurer, Playground, New York, New York, 1947 (2013.99.46) Louis Faurer, [Woman on street with newspaper, New York], 1947 (2013.99.36) Louis Faurer, 42nd Street, New York, ca. 1948 (2013.99.31)...

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“a home run over the fence”

W. Eugene Smith, [Herman Stegos, age 11, hitting a home run over the fence, New York], ca. 1940 (1565.2005) W. Eugene Smith, “Pap” Lettieri, 10, “Chinky” Leone, 10, Italo Ablondi, 10 and Salvo...

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Happy Birthday Ruth Orkin

Ruth Orkin, American Girl in Italy, 1951 (535.1983) Ruth Orkin, Man in rain, from my window at 53 W 88th St. N.Y.C., 191 (546.1983) Ruth Orkin, From Gansevoort St. Pier, Boys Swimming in Hudson River,...

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Happy Birthday John Cage

David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 18th Street loft, New York], ca. 1994 David Seidner, [John Cage...

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Five photographs of the World Trade Center in the 1970s

David Plowden, World Trade Center, New York, New York, 1972 (74.1989) Wolf von dem Bussche, Homage to Stieglitz, 1976 (553.1982b) Wolf von dem Bussche, Trade Center Towers IV, 1976 (553.1982e) Thomas...

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New York, September 11, 2001

Aftonbladet, September 2001, (2006.30.114) Aftonbladet is a Swedish newspaper and founded in 1830. The Mirror, September 12 2001 (2006.30.123) Photo by Spencer Platt Daily Express, September 12, 2001...

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“…if we don’t stop burning oil and coal, the Big Apple will be cooked.”

The Yes Men, “New York Post,” September 21, 2009, p. 1 (2009.76.3) The Yes Men, “New York Post,” September 21, 2009, pp. 2-3 (2009.76.3) It’s Coming! City report says extreme storms, flooding, deadly...

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“This squirrel is perfectly oblivious…”

Weegee, Hoarding for Winter, October 5, 1941 (14899.1993) Weegee, Hoarding for Winter [verso], October 5, 1941 (14899.1993) PM, October 6, 1941, p. 14 Hoarding for Winter on one of the hottest days of...

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“Brooklyn School Children See Gambler Murdered in Street”

Weegee, Their First Murder, October 8, 1941 (13.1997) A few days after Weegee’s photo of oblivious New York squirrels hoarding acorns in Battery Park was published in PM and a few days after the...

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Jill Freedman

Jill Freedman, Chester, Washington D.C., from “Resurrection City,” 1968 (143.1981.k) https://fansinaflashbulb.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/freedman_jill_1978_10_05_rc_02.mp3 Jill Freedman at ICP,...

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“Opening of the Guggenheim Museum”

Dennis Stock, Opening of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1959 (2016.26.15) Weegee, The Guggenheim Museum, ca. 1959 (5877.1993) Frank Lloyd Wright’s building for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum...

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“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

Lewis Hine, Playground in tenement alley, New York, 1909 (2006.55.10) “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” performed by Harvey Hindermeyer in 1908, written by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, 1908....

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“Look What The Cop Dragged In!”

PM, October 24, 1941, p. 15 [detail] An editorial published in The New York Post on October 23, 1941 called for the arrest of Joseph McWilliams: For Magistrate Hoppin On Sept. 3, 1941, Magistrate...

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Roy Campanella’s World Series home run, 1953

Baseball crowd, Major Records Charles Hoff, [Fans reaching for ball from Dodgers’ catcher Roy Campanella’s home run hit during third game of the World Series against the New York Yankees, Ebbetts...

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“That Dust Bowl Is Second Base,” 1941

Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base [detail], 1941 (2019.45.11)Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base, 1941 (2019.45.11) Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base [verso], 1941...

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Perfect

Arthur Rickerby, Yankee pitcher Don Larsen in the fifth game of the 1956 World Series, 1956 (500.1993) On a Monday afternoon in the Bronx, Yankee pitcher Don Larsen pitched a perfect game. This photo...

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Vote – Life

Matt Herron, “Vote” Marcher, Selma to Montgomery, March 1965 (2008.56.1) Cornell Capa, [Election day at the Democratic Party election-day headquarters, Biltmore Hotel, New York], November 8, 1960...

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“After the Brawl Was Over”

Weegee, [Norma Parker, aka Nellie Gutowski, New York], November 14, 1936 (13964.1993) New York Post, November 14, 1936 After the Brawl was Over Norma Parker, in a patrol wagon outside Police...

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“a few minutes before”… and after

Unidentified photographer, [John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally, and Nellie Connally in presidential limousine, Dallas], November 22, 1963 (2013.24.1) Pres. Jack Kennedy. Dallas, Texas...

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