“1945 Grieving Mother Watches Daughter Burn Vintage Photo”

“… an original 7 x 9 Vintage Photo of Grieving Mother Watches Daughter Burn. Caption on back reads: “I cried when I took this picture,” says Weegee. Mother and Daughter weep and look up hopelessly as another daughter and her young baby are burning to death in the top floor of a tenement. The stairway collapsed before firemen could save them. Photo is Dated 7/27/45.”

Sold for: $324.99

May 05, 2011

[Acme still printing Weegee photos in 1945… probably printed for the publication of Naked City…]