New York, New York. Children escape the heat of the East Side by using fire hydrant as a shower bath – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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New York, New York. Children escape the heat of the East Side by using fire hydrant as a shower bath
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Children on New York's East Side cool off in June 1943 by standing under an open fire hydrant, which serves as an improvised shower in the summer heat. City hydrants were a familiar summer sight, and the spray gave neighborhood kids a way to beat the heat at a time when few tenement families had air conditioning or private bathing space. The picture comes from the Office of War Information's photographic files, which documented home-front life during the Second World War. The surviving record is a safety-film negative, so the image exists as a copy rather than an original print.
| Created / published | 1943 June. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller. |
| Genre | Safety film negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207145 |
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