Life, December 13, 1943, p.38
Shades of prohibition hovered over New York City on Nov. 23, when Federal agents raided three dozen taverns and bars accused of selling bootleg liquor. In the west side bar shown here, more than 50 gallons of hooch were found, some of it in bottles of well-known brands. Raiders are tearing the joint to pieces under forfeiture provisions of the Internal Revenue Service.
Life, December 13, 1943, p.38
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
PM, November 24, 1941, p.13
Cop Kills Holdup Man:
A few minutes after he had 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 he 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 Weegee
PM, November 24, 1941, p.13
The Niagara Falls Gazette, Monday, November 24, 1941, p. 22
Brooklyn Eagle, November 24, 1941, p.3
Long Island Daily Press, November, 24, 1941, p.1
Richmond Record, November 24, 1941,
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
PM, November 17, 1941, p.18
Mongrel Pup Almost Dies Saving 16 Families in Fire
Jerry, mongrel collie, was overcome by smoke in a fish store at 210 E. 10th St., but not before he attracted the attention of a passerby.When the ambulance arrived an intern gave the unconscious pup an injection and continued treatments until he regained his senses. Sixteen families made their escape from apartments above the store, due to Jerry’s warning.
John Lamanna, Jerry’s owner, tenderly carries him off wrapped in a blanket. The intern said the dog would recover.
PM Photos by Weegee”
PM, November 17, 1941
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
Daily Mirror, October 29, 1935, p. 1
Life, October 27, 1941, p.11
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