These interesting black and white photos below were taken by LIFE photographer Ralph Morse around streets of New York City in June, 1947...
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| Girls playing hopscotch in the street. |
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| Young boy playing w. his orange crate scooter which he just made by nailing the wheel parts fr. an old roller skate to a wooden plank & adding an orange crate. |
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| Girls playing hopscotch. |
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| Young boy nailing wheel parts fr. an old roller skate to a wooden plank in the first step toward making an orange crate scooter. |
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| Young boy poised to catch ball at home plate (the manhole cover) in a game of stickball. |
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| Girls and boys playing hopscotch. |
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| Boy diving from top of building on wharf, poised in air over river. |
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| Boys and girls jumping rope. |
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| Young boys playing stickball in vacant lot next to billboard advertising the Drake's Cake & the movie "Carnegie Hall" nr. apt. bldg. construction. |
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| Young boy playing w. his fruit crate scooter which he made by nailing the wheel parts fr. an old roller skate to a wooden plank & adding the crate. |
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| Little boy wearing shorts, chasing pigeons across cobblestones in park. |
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| Boy running to catch ball during game of stickball. |
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| Boy catching ball during game of stickball. |
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| Young boys playing stickball in vacant lot next to apt. |
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| Boy hitting ball during game of stickball. |
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| Young girl playing jacks. |
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| Girl playing stickball. |
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| Young girl with long hair and raggedy shirt, smiling, wearing seed pod on nose. |
