heatwave
10 photos tagged heatwave, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.
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- 1910s
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- 1911heatwave
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- The Library of Congress
- State Library of New South Wales
- U.S. National Archives
- Cloyne and District Historical Society
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Heat wave in Sydney, 4 January 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded February 2021
Ralph & Annie Thompson from Cloyne and District Historical Society uploaded March 2018
Fountains surrounding Philadelphia Museum of Art are especially popular in a heat wave, 08/1973. from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
Hot Weather Scene, N.Y. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2008
Milk House, Tompkins Sq.; 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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Milk House, Tompkins Sq.; hot day (LOC)
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Olivier Nade said:
hello I come from created a new group on the photography old vintage of New York city, you can add all the photography of New York city in my group has this address: www.flickr.com/groups/1152381@N23/
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Wystan said:
Cold, Pasteurized milk for one cent a glass was a New York City charity sponsored by Nathan Straus, with milk depots scattered in various parks. Here's another Bain/LOC photo of a Straus milk depot: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3532868971/ Nathan Straus and the pure milk campaign: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Nathan_Str...
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Wystan said:
The photo was taken during a July 1911 heat wave that killed 146 New Yorkers in six days. 600 horses also died. 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:
Cooling his head - N.Y. on hot day (LOC)
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Rik Panganiban said:
I love how its a hot day, and yet these kids are still wearing hats and suit jackets.
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Frederick said:
If cities would put these "public fountains" back on the streets we could get rid of plastic water bottles that fill our streets, rivers and oceans! Hot days in Wash. DC could sure use some public fountains to soak a head in!
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Wystan said:
The photo was taken on July 7, 1911, during a six-day heat wave that killed 146 in New York City; 600 horses also died. Story in The New York Times, July 8, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9505E...