William Glackens got his start in the art departments of Philadelphia newspapers in the day of the artist-reporter. These predecessors to modern photojournalists were given assignments by editors like, “Cover that fire on Locust Street!” In one well-known anecdote the artist was sent to sketch a crime scene that had already been roped off by police. To access the scene Glackens supposedly climbed through an open window only to fall into a pool of the victim’s blood.
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