Weegee’s Day at the Beach

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dc.contributor.authorGurewitsch, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-25T02:29:02Z
dc.date.available2019-01-25T02:29:02Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.description.abstract"When PM began publishing, in the summer of 1940, the mercury was soaring, and the editors wanted to know how Joe Average was coping. Weegee went out and shot individuals sleeping on fire escapes, kids cooling off in the spray of fire hydrants and thousands upon thousands broiling at the beach. Thus the precedent was set for the hot summer of 1942, when Weegee headed back out to Coney Island." Click on the link above to read the rest of this article on the famous photograph.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11976/447
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/weegees-day-at-the-beach-132824534/
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publishersmithsonianmag.comen_US
dc.subjectVisual Artsen_US
dc.subjectPhotographyen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectWeegeeen_US
dc.subjectFellig, Arthuren_US
dc.subjectPhotographs
dc.subjectPhotographers
dc.titleWeegee’s Day at the Beachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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