Photojournalist Arthur Fellig, aka Weegee, is best known for his raw crime-scene photos.
But he also captured some tender moments of street life in New York City—such as this photo of a ragtag group of kids cooling off under the spray of a fire hydrant in 1937.
It must have been hot that day . . . so hot, some of these kids didn’t even bother taking their clothes off to cool down.
Tags: Arthur Fellig, cooling off fire hydrant, hot day in New York City, kids playing in New York City, kids playing in the street, Lower East Side street scenes, New York in the 1930s, Weegee
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June 7, 2010 at 1:54 pm |
That’s a great picture. I remember playing in the water from fire hydrants when I was very young but you don’t see that happen anymore.
October 29, 2010 at 12:32 am |
I recently met a woman who was one of those kids. But I’m sorry to say, I don’t know which one …. I wrote about her, and the photo, in my blog
because she was hoping to find a book with a copy of the photo, and one of my readers led me to your site and this photo.