These farming urchins were spotted in New York City on First Avenue between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Streets in 1944 by photographer Edward Meyer. Their school was sponsoring a victory garden. Here is what the spot looks like today.

These two urchins were picking radishes at the Fairlawn Avenue Victory gardens in Washington, D.C. (photographer Joseph A. Horne, 1943):

 

Previous Week's Urchins

 

Nearly all of these urchins were discovered in the photography archives of the Library of Congress (and available without copyright restrictions online). Otherwise, urchin photos will be credited to the appropriate photographer with a link to its source (unless they come from my own collection of photographs from unknown photographers). If there is ever a copyright concern, do not hesitate to contact me.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum just put its photo collection online. Every time I go back to New York I stop by the museum to see what they've been up to and this past weekend was the first time I'd seen the shop in its new location. I can't wait to see the museum when all the construction is completed.

 

Previous Week's Urchin

 

Nearly all of these urchins were discovered in the photography archives of the Library of Congress (and available without copyright restrictions online). Otherwise, urchin photos will be credited to the appropriate photographer with a link to its source (unless they come from my own collection of photographs from unknown photographers). If there is ever a copyright concern, do not hesitate to contact me.