1911heatwave
11 photos tagged 1911heatwave, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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- hot
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Ice water in the park--hot day, N.Y.C. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Hot day--watering horses (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
In the park on hot day--"played out" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Battery Park on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Fountains, Madison Sq. Park on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Licking blocks of ice on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Getting drinks on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Cooling his head - N.Y. on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Asleep in Battery Park on hot day (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Tompkins Square [park] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Hot day-babies in a shady spot (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Hot day-babies in a shady spot (LOC)
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Arc-light said:
well dressed and full of nap time
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productive side said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called summer freedom, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Wystan said:
Miserable in the sweltering heat. This photo was taken during a July, 1911 New York City heat wave that killed 146 residents and six hundred horses. Story in The New York Times, July 8, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9505E...
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Richard Norton said:
I started an article in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Eastern_North_America_heat_wave
Tompkins Square [park] (LOC)
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aware health said:
Wkipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins_Square_Park
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marysz said:
This photo is an interesting contrast to other photos in this collection which show wealthy families uptown in Central Park. The sight of these informally dressed immigrants probably looked shockingly disorderly to the American upper classes.
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Wystan said:
The photo was taken during a July, 1911 heat wave that killed 146 New York residents and 600 horses. Story in The New York Times, July 8, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9505E...
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Wystan said:
Another Bain/LOC photo of the heat wave crowd in Tompkins Square Park:
