A collection of interesting black and white photos of famous people with their dogs on the street of New York City. All photos are taken by LIFE photographer Nina Leen in 1944.
(Photos by Nina Leen, via LIFE archives)
Actress Joan Caulfield lifting West Highland terrier Witty, out fr. behind a hedge, while trying to take him for a walk on the street. |
Actress Joan Caulfield briskly walking her West Highland terrier Witty, down Fifth Ave. past apt. bldgs. |
Conductor Artur Rodzinski looks on sternly as his poodle jumps into his mink coat-clad wife's arms on 57th St. and 5th Ave. |
Model Mimi Berry walking her cocker spaniel who is carrying a package for her in its mouth, on street. |
Actress Joan Roberts clad in costume for the musical "Oklahoma," roaring w. laughter as her English bulldog "Goggles" lifts his leg on a streetlight. |
Actress Ruth Gordon clad in mink coat walking her black poodle on the street. |
Artist Earle Winslow w. painting under his arm while struggling to keep his Irish setter under control on the street. |
William F. Schlemmer of Hammacher Schlemmer, w. his pair of Yorkshire terriers on street. |
Music conductor Andre Kostelanetz w. his sheep dog "Puff" getting attention fr. a young admirer on the street. |
Artist Earle Winslow w. painting under his arm, struggling to control his stubborn Irish setter who wants to head for the curb on street. |
Author Fannie Hurst clad in mink coat, enjoying the jumping antics of her Yorkshire terrier Orphan Annie on the street. |
Sportscaster Bill Stern reading a newspaper as his Chesapeake Bay retriever sniff a sidewalk grating on street. |
Actress Margaret Webster w. her two Cairn terriers who are showing great interest in a cat perched in window of building. |
Adorable Maltese poodle & wire haired terrier mix called Pooch being cuddled by its owner former Metropolitan Opera singer Thalia Sabaneeva who is wearing a Persian lamb fur coat. |
Artist Earle Winslow (R) showing his painting to a friend while struggling to keep his Irish setter under control on street. |
Actress Joan Roberts clad in costume for the musical "Oklahoma," walking her English bulldog nr. the theater during matinee intermission. |
Actor John Boles pulling & coaxing his stubborn schnauzer puppy to leap over concrete curb on street. |
Metropolitan Opera's Helden tenor Lauritz Melchior w. his wife, petting his Great Dane dog on street. |
Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner clad in sheared beaver fur coat walking her dogs on street. |
Author Fannie Hurst clad in mink coat, holding her Yorkshire terrier Orphan Annie on the street. |
Comedian Jimmy Durante w. his Irish setter, standing on street corner in Times Square. |
Gossip columnist Ed Sullivan w. his black scottie dog in fenced-in area on street. |
Actor Fredric March w. his cocker spaniel on the street on a rainy day. |
Artist Earle Winslow w. painting under his arm while struggling to keep his Irish setter under control on the street. |
(Photos by Nina Leen, via LIFE archives)