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Ice water in the park--hot day, N.Y.C. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1987porsche944 said:

  The sign says "plain soda one cent!!" =)

Hot day--watering horses (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Michael Daddino said:

  This is definitely Union Square in New York City, specifically near the corner of Union Square East and East 17th Street. The building in the background in 200 Park Avenue South.

• quizzical swim said:

  The straw hat on the one horse is priceless :)

• aware health said:

  Seems that a lot of the "day in the life" pictures are made around Union Square -- I wonder if the Bain office was in the neighborhood?

• Wystan said:

  Taken during the great New York City heat wave crisis of July, 1911.

• Wystan said:

  @rjones0856: like you, I was making conjectures about the location of Bain's office, as I browsed the 35+ shots tagged "Union Square." Sure enough -- Bain was at 32 Union Square. His address appears on the supscriber contract form:

Licking blocks of ice on hot day (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• opposite office said:

  Fabulous image thankyou !

• Lethal Pet said:

  I dont think thats very sanitary ;)