Two Offenders in the Paddy Wagon, Charles Sodokoff and Arthur Webber Use Their Top Hats to Hide Their Faces
Photograph
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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Weegee worked at night, combing the streets of New York for gruesome and newsworthy shots that he could sell to the tabloids. In capturing these weird scenes of violent crime and gritty nightclub revelry, he used a large format camera and bright flash that cast his subjects in stark relief.
Object details
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| Title | Two Offenders in the Paddy Wagon, Charles Sodokoff and Arthur Webber Use Their Top Hats to Hide Their Faces (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Two Offenders in a Paddy Wagon', gelatin-silver print, by Weegee, 1942, printed ca. 1980 by Sid Kaplan. |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph, two men sitting in the back of a police van, hiding their faces from the camera. |
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| Object history | Purchase from the Side Gallery, Newcastle in 1982. |
| Production | Printed ca. 1980 by Sid Kaplan. |
| Summary | Weegee worked at night, combing the streets of New York for gruesome and newsworthy shots that he could sell to the tabloids. In capturing these weird scenes of violent crime and gritty nightclub revelry, he used a large format camera and bright flash that cast his subjects in stark relief. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.419-1982 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2007 |
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