article_snippet: Pictures taken in the 1940s and 1950s by legendary crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, are shown alongside shots of the same areas captured this month.
article_snippet: Arthur Fellig (pictured) went by Weegee, derived from a Ouija board - chosen for Arthur Fellig ( ability to arrive at crime scenes before police .
article_snippet: Arthur Fellig ( went by Weegee, derived from a Ouija board - chosen for Arthur Fellig ( ability to arrive at crime scenes before police.
article_snippet: Arthur Fellig ( prowled the streets in a car equipped with a police radio, a typewriter, developing equipment, a supply of cigars and a change of underwear,' New York Times reporter Holland Cotter wrote, dubbing Weegee a 'one-man photo factory'. '
article_snippet: Weegee was born Usher Fellig in Zlockzów, Austrian Galicia (now Ukraine), but Arthur Fellig ( name was changed to Arthur when Arthur family emigrated to New York in 1909.
article_snippet: In 1980, Arthur Fellig ( widow Wilma Wilcox formed The Weegee Portfolio Incorporated to create a collection of his widow Wilma Wilcox works from the original negatives and his widow Wilma Wilcox
article_snippet: Fellig nickname is said to have derived from a Ouija board - chosen for Fellig ability to arrive at crime scenes before police.
highlights_snippet: Pictures by crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, show life in New York in the 1940s and 50s .
  