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Woman at Sammy's Bar in the Bowery
Woman at Sammy's Bar in the Bowery
Woman at Sammy's Bar in the Bowery

Woman at Sammy's Bar in the Bowery

Artist Weegee (American, born Ukraine, 1899 - 1968)
Datec. 1950
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 23.3 x 18.9 cm (9 3/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.3 x 20.8 cm (9 15/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Mat: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2016.003.031
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Performers (Sammy's Bar?)
Performers (Sammy's Bar?)
Weegee
1940s
Untitled (Bar/café)
Untitled (Bar/café)
Weegee
c. 1955
Beverly Hills, California from the portfolio Women are better than men. Not only have they survived, they do prevail.
Beverly Hills, California from the portfolio Women are better than men. Not only have they survived, they do prevail.
Garry Winogrand
1981
Image Not Available for “Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.” Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
“Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.”
Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
Lynd Ward
c. 1962
Image Not Available for Two men and a woman
Two men and a woman
Andy Warhol
1982
Bowery
Bowery
Jolan Gross-Bettelheim
1947
Image Not Available for The Reported Miracle of The Wino at the Corner of the Bowery & E. Houston
The Reported Miracle of The Wino at the Corner of the Bowery & E. Houston
Joel Beckwith
undated
Image Not Available for Bowery El
Bowery El
Eli Jacobi
undated
Image Not Available for The Bowery
The Bowery
Philip Reisman
1930
Image Not Available for East of the Bowery
East of the Bowery
Eli Jacobi
1939
Woman Looking Into Bar
Woman Looking Into Bar
Don Freeman
undated
Image Not Available for Ostende (four young men in a bar)
Ostende (four young men in a bar)
Unidentified artist
1965