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Nina Leen, one of the first female photographers to work for Life, took pictures for the magazine from 1940 to 1972. In the mid-1940s, her essay, “City Dogs”, featured actors and artists with their pets on the streets of New York City. Here: Metropolitan Opera's Helden tenor Lauritz Melchior w. his wife, petting his Great Dane dog on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Nina Leen, one of the first female photographers to work for Life, took pictures for the magazine from 1940 to 1972. In the mid-1940s, her essay, “City Dogs”, featured actors and artists with their pets on the streets of New York City. In late-March, Daniel Cooney Fine Art in New York City, is opening a solo exhibition of Leen’s work that features images from that essay and others. Here: Metropolitan Opera's Helden tenor Lauritz Melchior w. his wife, petting his Great Dane dog on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Leen photographed European royalty, Paris fashion and American teens for Life, but her first picture for the magazine was taken at the Bronx Zoo and she returned to photographing animals throughout her career. Here: actress Joan Roberts clad in costume for the musical Oklahoma, roaring w. laughter as her English bulldog Goggles lifts his leg on a streetlight. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Leen photographed European royalty, Paris fashion and American teens for Life, but her first picture for the magazine was taken at the Bronx Zoo and she returned to photographing animals throughout her career. Here: actress Joan Roberts clad in costume for the musical Oklahoma, roaring w. laughter as her English bulldog Goggles lifts his leg on a streetlight. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Actress Ruth Gordon clad in mink coat walking her black poodle on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Actress Ruth Gordon clad in mink coat walking her black poodle on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Artist Earle Winslow w. painting under his arm, struggling to control his stubborn Irish setter who wants to head for the curb on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Artist Earle Winslow w. painting under his arm, struggling to control his stubborn Irish setter who wants to head for the curb on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Actor John Boles pulling & coaxing his stubborn schnauzer puppy to leap over concrete curb on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Actor John Boles pulling & coaxing his stubborn schnauzer puppy to leap over concrete curb on street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Actress Margaret Webster w. her two Cairn terriers who are showing great interest in a cat perched in window of building. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Actress Margaret Webster w. her two Cairn terriers who are showing great interest in a cat perched in window of building. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Author Fannie Hurst clad in mink coat, enjoying the jumping antics of her Yorkshire terrier Orphan Annie on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Author Fannie Hurst clad in mink coat, enjoying the jumping antics of her Yorkshire terrier Orphan Annie on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Music conductor Andre Kostelanetz w. his sheep dog Puff getting attention fr. a young admirer on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Music conductor Andre Kostelanetz w. his sheep dog Puff getting attention fr. a young admirer on the street. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Comedian Jimmy Durante w. his Irish setter, standing on street corner in Tilmes Square. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Comedian Jimmy Durante w. his Irish setter, standing on street corner in Tilmes Square. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)




Conductor Artur Rodzinski looks on sternly as his poodle jumps into his mink coat-clad wife's arms on 57th St. and 5th Ave. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Conductor Artur Rodzinski looks on sternly as his poodle jumps into his mink coat-clad wife's arms on 57th St. and 5th Ave. (Photo by Nina Leen/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
30 Mar 2015 12:48:00