1933

Thanksgiving ragamuffins, No.1.

Thanksgiving Ragamuffins, 1933: No. 1. For a number of years it has been an old New York custom for children to dress up in fancy costume on Thanksgiving Day and go about begging for nickels and pennies. This group of three girls was photographed in Greenwich Village, on the east side of Bleecker Street between Christopher and 10th Streets. November 30, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) No. 2. Another view of the same group. November 30, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3) No. 3. "In each eye there lurked What she thought was a dagger, She walked with a slink Mixed with a swagger." November 30, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection