Life, November 29, 1954, pp. 10-11

Speaking of Pictures…
…Artful tricks with a mirror create gallery of satirical partial portraits.

Arthur Fellig, better known simply as “Weegee” is a tongue-in-cheek Manhattan photographer who believes that half a portrait is better than one…
Life, November 29, 1954, pp. 10-11

Life, November 27, 1939, pp. 26-27

Life, November 27, 1939, p.27

Fire in Los Angeles… Murder in New York

After dusk on Nov. 16, Angelo Greco stood smoking outside his cafe in Manhattan’s Little Italy… Close in their wake arrived Arthur Fellig, famed free-lance photographer (LIFE, April 12, 1937) who sleeps behind police headquarters, has a short-wave radio in his car…
Life, November 27, 1939, p.27

Life, November 27, 1939, pp.52-53

Life, November 27, 1939, pp.54-55

Life, November 27, 1939, p.55

Morgue “icebox” with 300 separate compartments, stores 16,000 corpses a year…
Life, November 27, 1939, p.55

Life, November 24, 1947, p.33

The Metropolitan Opera Opens

1943
…Past records of social elegance show Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh making an entrance…
Life, November 24, 1947, p.33

Life, November 22, 1937, p. 72

Striking Seaman Sits Down in River

For his own private sit-down strike Stanley Sumsky, seaman, built himself a raft a couple of weeks ago, floated it at midnight down the Manhattan side of New York’s East River…
Life, November 22, 1937 p. 72

Life, November 16, 1942, pp. 34-35

Life, November 16, 1942, p. 34

Thomas E. Dewey of New York got more attention than any other Republican last week, and he deserved it. The voters of the most populous state in the U.S. elected him their first Republican Governor in 20 years. Dewey’s vote was larger than that of his Democratic and American Labor Party opponents combined. He pledged all-out support of the war effort in his State.
Life, November 16, 1942, p. 34

Life, October 27, 1941, p.11