"This sign, advertising a short cut to beauty, blinked two stories above the fire."

"This sign, advertising a short cut to beauty, blinked two stories above the fire."

"This sign, advertising a short cut to beauty, blinked two stories above the fire."

[Neon sign above Steinbrook Pharmacy, New York]

One never knows what there will be in a New York apartment house... the paintings were saved in an artist's studio....

[Policeman holding kittens rescued from fire, New York]

[Policeman holding kittens rescued from fire, New York]

"Tavern of ground floor of burning building at 80 Greenwich St. is shelter for firemen overcome by smoke New Year's Eve. Customers also had a hot time."

Some of the Players

Mother arrested for killing her husband during party. She was freed at trial

Camera Dodger

[Weegee and two women]

Slumber-time in a mission... it's Christmas

Mission Completed

[Sleeping in front of Wood & Selick, Inc., New York]

[Sleeping at an east side tenement, New York]

[Gluckstern's Restaurant, New York]

East Side Street Scene

But there is beauty along this street of forgotten men... it lies in the patterned black and gold along the trolley tracks where the morning sun breaks through.

Start of Harlem Riot

[Incoming Trains]

[New York Is a Friendly Town]

[Unidentified man]

[Black Eye Specialist]