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this one breaks my heart. look at him with his sweet dog...

Age and loyalty. Poverty strikes disproportionately to the aged but they will not deny the companionship of the non judgmental friend.

While the photo says "beggar" A few other things to note---the even lengths of cord hanging over the man's arm and from the dog's collar. Shoelaces perhaps? It would seems he's trying to make his living however humble the circumstances.

Looks like he's selling belts. And yes, heartbreaking.

this is so moving, i'm about to cry.

listen, people at LOC,
you have made a great thing.
loc photos allowed me, a student for graphic design from israel,
to use your free photos for creative projects, and it turned amazing.
i cannot express my deepest gratitude.

here are several examples for my use of your amazing photos (the bulk of photos are used in my final project, which i havn't uploaded yet)
final project:

(photo on the lower left part)

final project:


magazine i designed:




thanks so much :)

Can't tell if the dog is sitting in the remnants of some old rolltop desk by the name of "PHENIX"

You can have a closer look if you go to a higher resolution version that is available at the persistent URL listed in the description. Click on the thumbnail photo and then open the TIFF file.

That made a difference. In the TIFF the dog looks like he is missing an eye, the upright pencils on the front of the desk, and that there is a wooden-handled umbrella leaning on the fence behind them. It may also be shoelaces hanging in front of the dog.

i wish the entire LOC liberary was designed in web 2.0, like getty images or flickr. but altogether - thanks very much for your donations and sharing.

I don't believe the dog is missing an eye, at least I don't see evidence of that.

1912 charity appeal from the New York Home for Homeless Boys, reported in the New York Times, November 25, 1912 (a year prior to this photo): query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=990DE7DF103CE6...