A Welcome Surprise
The kids in the photo are all excited because the fire hydrant was spewing water. Taken in the streets of Harlem, you need to know that summers get very hard over there. Nothing would make people happier during the sweltering days than the opportunity to play under the water provided by fire hydrants.
A Welcome Surprise
The photo was shot in 1966. That year was an exceptionally hot year as temperatures reached an unbelievable 104 degrees. You can just imagine just how much people wanted to cool off in that heat. For these children, summer just got better when the fire hydrant broke.
Ducking And Covering In School
Did you grow up back in the ‘60s? If so, you likely remember those “duck and cover” drills done by grade school children. The students at this Brooklyn middle school were in the middle of one when this photo was taken in 1962.
Ducking And Covering In School
The drills were employed to prepare everyone in case a nuclear attack ever happens. This had something to do with the Second World War, which was not that far off back then. It was a good thing that the methods never had to be used outside of the classroom setting. Bert the turtle helped the kids learn how to do these drills!