Helen Levitt, shown in 1963, was a giant of 20th century photography whose scenes of New York City street life provide a window into a vanished era. The rest of this gallery consists of her photographs.![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881129.jpg)
Kids With Masks," New York, 1942
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881161.jpg)
" New York," circa 1942
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881176.jpg)
New York, circa 1942. Gelatin silver print.
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881194.jpg)
"untitled", circa 1946
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881256.jpg)
New York
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881266.jpg)
New York
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881286.jpg)
New York circa 1942
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881290.jpg)
New York, circa 1945
![](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-03/helen-levitt_45881302.jpg)
New York, 1974
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