Unidentified Photographer, ca. 2022 (Screenshot)
“Sweet Smell of Success,” Trailer, 1957
(Amazing cinematography by James Wong Howe (1899-1976)…)
As reported on form P-1 of the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census, 1950 Census of Population and Housing:
On April 1, 1950, Arthur Fellig and Margaret Fellig were living at 4 6606 St. Francis Terrace, Los Angeles, California.
Arthur Fellig was the head of the household, a white male, 49 years old, born in Austria, and working 10 hours a week as a Special Effects Man in the Production Department, Motion Pictures.
Margaret Fellig, Arthur’s wife, was a white female, 36 years old, born in Connecticut, and working 50 hours a week as the proprietor of a Laundro-Mat.
(Halfway through the 20th century, an almost 50-year-old and married Weegee, with about fifteen years of life left to live, was living and working in Hollywood…)
…I used Eastman SUPER-XX FILM PACKS… that way I didn’t have to carry any holders…So, CAMERA CLUBS drop me a line to: 6606 St. Francis Terrace, Hollywood 28, California, and you’ll see and meet me in person… my cigar…
Popular Photography, 1949
Popular Photography, 1949
From the U.S. National Archives:
Welcome to the Official
1950 Census WebsiteThe 1950 census records were released by the U.S. National Archives on April 1, 2022. This website provides full access to the 1950 census images, including population schedules, enumeration district maps, and enumeration district descriptions.
1950 Census.
Unidentified Photographer, Weegee, Weegee by Weegee, 1961
Weegee, Weegee by Weegee, 1961, pp. 8-9
…Father kept on working. By this time, he had decided that he could do better as his own boss with a pushcart. When the second shipment of money came to Zlothev, it was OK, and the five of us, Mother, my three brothers and Weegee, could leave by first-class steerage…
Weegee, Weegee by Weegee, 1961, pp. 8-9
Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Screenshot, The New York Times, March 17, 2022
A protester storms a live broadcast on Russia’s most-watched news show, yelling, ‘Stop the war!’
The New York Times, March 14, 2022
NYPL, February 4, 2022
“THIRD AVE. and 100 TH. ST.”
FOR REFERENCE ONLY
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
PICTURE COLLECTION
New York City – FIRES
FEB – 1945
CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE THE FAMOUS
Photocopy/laser print of a great Weegee photo… housed in the NYPL Picture Collection until it was “formally transferred” to the Library’s Photography Collection in 2020… It’s included in the exhibition: “Taryn Simon // The Color of a Flea’s Eye: The Picture Collection“… “Through May 15, 2022…”
NYPL, February 4, 2022
Colorful Birds Eye View of “THIRD AVE. and 100 TH. ST.” in 2021.
The New York Times, December 7, 1941
POLICEMAN SLAIN AS HE HALTS GANG WHILE OFF DUTY
135 Detectives Hunt for Killer in Upper East Side Area to Which He Fled in Cab
COMRADE’S HAT A CLUE
Victim Was on Way Home at 4:30 A.M. When He Met Group Believed Bent on Hold-Up
Brooklyn Eagle, December 6, 1941
UNARMED COP, OFF DUTY, SLAIN BY 3 GUNMEN
Cab Driver Sees Killing As Policeman Halts Trio, Starts to Identify Himself
PM, December 7, 1941
Gunmen murdered Patrolman Thomas J. Casey…
(Spoiler alert: On January 22, 1943 Frank Castellano, 26, was “electrocuted in Sing Sing prison” for the murder of Thomas J. Casey…)
Castellano looked straight ahead as he entered the death chamber. In the electric chair he leaned over to silently kiss the crucifix held by Father Martin. He said nothing from the time he entered the chamber until he was dead.
Brooklyn Eagle, January 22, 1943
The Newspaper That Can and Dares To Tell the Truth!
Read PM Everyday…
PM, November 24 1941, p. 5
…the newspaper division of the New York Public Library…
PM, November 24 1941, p. 14
PM, November 24 1941, p. 22
“Clifford Burdette: African-American Radio Pioneer” on WNYC.ORG
The Real Macumba…
PM, November 24 1941, p. 23
PM, November 24 1941, pp. 12-13
PM, November 24 1941, p. 13
Cop Kills Holdup Man:
A few minutes after he held up an Essex Street lunchroom on the Lower East Side and shot a patron, Vincent Mannuzza, 31, was lying dead at the feet of the cop who shot him. Patrolman Laurence Cramer, right, shot and killed Mannuzza after a two-block chase and is shown handing the gunman’s revolver to Sgt. Eugene Morland. The $20 loot taken from the restaurant lies in Mannuzza’s hat at his side. An ambulance surgeon crouches over the dead man who was shot in the head and back. Mannuzza shot a customer, Adam Zayko, 50, when he refused to go into the back room with two other customers and the manager of the lunchroom.
PM Photo by WeegeePM, November 24 1941, p. 13
POLICEMEN KILL BANDIT IN BATTLE
Thousands Awed as Gunman Fires Wildly at Pursuers in Crowded Delancey Street
CUSTOMER OF DINER SHOT
Critically Wounded When He Blocks Doorway as Thug Flees After Hold-Up
The New York Times, November 24 1941
Weegee, Naked City, 1945, pp. 82-83
There was a good double feature at the Loew’s Delancey Street on Sunday, November 23, 1941. At 8:45 PM, for 39 cents [7 bucks today], you could have seen this double feature, (neither were were gangster films):
Tanks a Million (1941): “It was the first of Hal Roach’s Streamliners, short films under an hour designed for the lower half of a double feature.” (Wikipedia)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941): “American horror film starring” Lana Turner, Ingrid Bergman, and Spencer Tracy. (Wikipedia)
PM, November 23, 1941
“…good and evil are so close as to be chained together at the soul…”
“Your Eyes Have Never Seen Entertainment So Graphically Filmed.”
“You Must See It To Believe It!”
The Cop Kills Holdup Man story was widely published, photo-free, on November 24, 1941, here are selected newspaper headlines (and a book caption):
Cop Kills Holdup Man (PM)
Crime And Punishment (Naked City)
Delancey St. Battle Ends In Death (Knickerbocker News)
Ex-Convict Slain In $9 Holdup Of New York Diner (Troy)
Ex-convict Shot Down after Chase (Niagara Falls)
Exconvict Killed, Diner Patron Shot in East Side Holdup (Syracuse)
Just Out Of Prison Thug Is Shot Dead In a Street Battle (Daily News)
New York Police Chase, Slay Convict (Herald Statesman)
Police Kill Ex-Convict (Ossining)
Policeman Kill Bandit In Battle (New York Times)
Robber Slain, Diner Wounded (Rochester)
PM, November 23, 1941, p. 43
What To Do If We Get A Real Flu Epidemic
PM, November 23, 1941, pp. 44-45
‘SUSPICION’
With Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine
An Alfred Hitchcock Melodrama
PM, November 23, 1941, pp. 48-49 (…a photo by Gene Smith…)
Catching the Eye Of Man in Street
People Who Took These Photos Weren’t ‘Arty’ They had Their Lenses on the World
PM, November 23, 1941, p. 64
Smart Burton Turkus Battles Murder, Inc
Screenshot, (Weegee, [Weegee and the Weegee archive, Hollywood], ca. 1950)
Celebrate Archives!
Did you know that June 9 is International Archives Day? All around the world, professionals in the archival community unite their voices on June 9 to make you understand why it is essential to support archives and the profession.
The ICA believes that the value of archives and archivists should be promoted at the international level. Archives and archivists play an important role in accountability, transparency, democracy, heritage, memory and society.
During the 2004 International Congress in Vienna, 2000 attending participants adopted a resolution requesting that the United Nations (UN) designates a specific day to mark the importance and value of archives.
Screenshot, (Weegee, [Weegee and the Weegee archive, Hollywood], ca. 1950)
International Archives Week
Since the first International Archives Day in 2009, ICA has expanded the event to an entire week. During International Archives Week (IAW), organisations worldwide share their events and participate alongside ICA to promote the value and importance of archives and archivists.
Screenshot, (Bob Parent, [Weegee and Mel Harris working on the the book “Naked Hollywood”], ca. 1953)
Mandate
The objectives of the International Archives Day and International Archives Week, are to:
– raise public awareness of the importance of records and archives;
– raise awareness among senior decision-makers of the benefits of records management for good governance and development;
– improve the public, private and public sectors’ understanding of the necessity of long-term archival preservation and access;
– showcase the unique, extraordinary, and rare documents preserved in archival institutions; and
– advance the image of records and archives to enhance their visibility globally.
Screenshot, (Gerald Straw, [Wilma Wilcox working with the Weegee archive], ca. 1975)
“Tempest STORM, ‘New’ Series – Large Photos, ‘Full Set,’ Only $1.00”
“Two Insurance Policies
$25,000 Each
Tempest Storm, the ‘Bazoom Girl’ has insured herself most definitely against occupational hazards to the merry tune of $50,000, naturally divided into two polices. Recently…”
“Everyone watches intently as the first spoonful of immortality is poured. Goo didn’t even tickle.”
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 