Weegee (1899-1968), Grim Reaper Thumbs a Lift When You 'Go to Town,' Car Crash, S. Portland & Fulton Streets, Brooklyn, May 17 (1937)
Weegee (American, 1899-1968) Grim Reaper Thumbs a Lift When You 'Go to Town,' Car Crash, S. Portland & Fulton Streets, Brooklyn, May 17, 1937 (3 works) Gelatin silver 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (19.1 x 24.1 cm), or the reverse Alcohol Protects Winter Motors – Dooms Summer Drivers. Two were killed instantly and three others badly injured when two cars and a trolley met In a collision at S. Portland and Fulton streets. Brooklyn. An empty liquor bottle found in the front of the mangled car. The other pictures shows the wreckage resulting from the triple crash. Over and over drivers have heard the axiom about gasoline and alcohol being poor mixers. Over and over, drivers have ignored the warning contained in this simple truth. The crash pictures prove the veracity of the warning. Look at the pictures again, Mr. Motorist, and remember those empty bottles. LITERATURE: Lost Weegee Crime Photos Revealed!, Christopher Bonanos, New York Magazine, May 13-26, 2019, p. 38, one of these photographs illustrated; New York Post, May 17, 1937, p. 14, one of these photographs reproduced; New York Journal, May 17, 1937, p. 15.
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Condition Report: Sheets are loose; one approximate 3 inch tear to the upper edge of one of the sheets; scattered creases throughout the sheets; overall yellowing and edgewear commensurate with age.
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Weegee (American, 1899-1968) Grim Reaper Thumbs a Lift When You 'Go to Town,' Car Crash, S. Portland & Fulton Streets, Brooklyn, May 17, 1937 (3 works) Gelatin silver 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (19.1 x 24.1 cm), or the reverse Alcohol Protects Winter Motors – Dooms Summer Drivers. Two were killed instantly and three others badly injured when two cars and a trolley met In a collision at S. Portland and Fulton streets. Brooklyn. An empty liquor bottle found in the front of the mangled car. The other pictures shows the wreckage resulting from the triple crash. Over and over drivers have heard the axiom about gasoline and alcohol being poor mixers. Over and over, drivers have ignored the warning contained in this simple truth. The crash pictures prove the veracity of the warning. Look at the pictures again, Mr. Motorist, and remember those empty bottles. LITERATURE: Lost Weegee Crime Photos Revealed!, Christopher Bonanos, New York Magazine, May 13-26, 2019, p. 38, one of these photographs illustrated; New York Post, May 17, 1937, p. 14, one of these photographs reproduced; New York Journal, May 17, 1937, p. 15.
HID09710052018
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Condition Report: Sheets are loose; one approximate 3 inch tear to the upper edge of one of the sheets; scattered creases throughout the sheets; overall yellowing and edgewear commensurate with age.
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