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Greek Tragedy: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 4:03pm.
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"Greek murder." July 1920. Two victims of a bloody altercation involving a hatchet and revolver that left three people dead in a rooming house at 809 Ninth Street in Washington. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Weegee
Submitted by Melissa on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 12:22pm.
If you are interested in postmortem photography and eerie crime scene photos, check out Arthur Fellig, aka Weegee. He was often the first person to show up at crime scenes in the 30s and 40s since he was the only reporter in New York licensed to have a police radio. Interestingly enough, he also enjoyed photography of the juxtaposition between high society and NYC's lower classes.
Crime Reportage
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 10:47am.
I suppose the photograph is a simple post-mortem, and the articles constitute the crime reportage, but this may be a first for Shorpy (at least I don't recall having seen anything like this here before).
I must confess to an interest in both crime scene photography and post-mortem photography, but I'm not sure Shorpy will be flooded with requests for more of either.
Interesting photo and story, at any rate.
Affray in Ninth Street
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 6:31am.
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Why Greek
Submitted by Mr Mel on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 6:22pm.
Can anyone tell me why this is a "Greek murder"?
[They're Greek. - Dave]
The Mortician's Art
Submitted by Mick H on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 4:49pm.
Well, those morticians have certainly done a fine job. I can't help but wonder where the hatchet went. In the top of the man's (nicely covered) head?
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