About This Item

  • TitleWater, boy!
  • Call NumberHOUS_0067
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryChildren playing in spray of water from fire hydrant on plaza in front of housing project. Caption on verso: "Water, Boy!: Employing classic means of cooling off, kids at Fort Greene Houses romp in ecstasy as cool, cool H20 issues from a friendly hydrant. One of biggest police problems during yesterday's 99-degree scorcher was turning off errant hydrants without getting their uniforms drenched -- as if they would mind!".
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1953; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHydrants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children playing outdoors -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.