Life in a pre-Doritos world is so sepia - and thin. I don't think a brood of modern kids this large could be squeezed into a single frame.
Matthew M. F. Miller | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 9:57 am | #

Why didn't Wood get to go join the drunken orgy of famous bloggers that currently taking place in S.F.?
sarah | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 10:13 am | #

I wonder where the boy in the front got his ballet points from.

Dutch I've always wanted to ask where you get these photos from but have never commented here before.
Tami | 05.04.07 - 10:43 am | #

I'm with Tami. I love these photos, but I too wonder where they all come from.
Karla | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 12:11 pm | #

Ditto. What is the origin story for Friday Morning Street Urchin Blogging?
sumo | 05.04.07 - 12:56 pm | #

The eyes are always the most intense in these old photos. They look almost possessed.
Jen | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 1:29 pm | #

I swear the one in the front middle looks just like my two year will in a couple of years. Of course, he too likes to run around outside without shoes and get filthy.
Ni Yachen | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 2:12 pm | #

I remember reading in the archives... March 6, 2006:

"That flier incorporated my first and all-time favorite street urchin photo that I had ripped out of my high school history textbook."

Apparently, the street urchin in Dutch runs deep too!
Scarlett | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 2:14 pm | #

I guess now we know the answer to the eternal question "is it better to go barefoot or to wear beribboned ballet shoes, even if one is a boy?"
Nothing But Bonfires | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 7:51 pm | #

I'm always impressed when people come up with comments for the Friday Morning Street Urchin segment. Like, what DO you say?
HollyRhea | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 11:18 pm | #

Me too. I would like to know where the pics come from. I wanted to ask before, but didn't want to look stupid -- like it was something I should have known already. Trying to be cool even in the blogosphere -- sheesh!
Evie | Homepage | 05.05.07 - 8:17 pm | #