Rebecca Lepkoff (born Rebecca Brody; August 4, 1916 – August 17,
2014) was n photographer. She is best known for her images depicting daily life
in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City in the 1940s. Fascinated
by the area where she lived, she first photographed Essex and Hester Street
which, she recalls, "were full of pushcarts." They no longer exist
today but then "everyone was outside: the mothers with their baby
carriages, and the men just hanging out." Her photographs captured people
in the streets, especially children, as well as the buildings and the signs on
store fronts Lepkoff died Sunday, August 17, 2014, at her home in Townshend,
Vermont. Two weeks prior to her death, she had turned 98.