#open fire hydrant

[newyorkthegoldenage]

That quintessential New York summer activity: opening a fire hydrant to cool off. This one was on 45th Street and 10th Avenue in 1959.

Photo: Tom Baffer for the NY Daily News

[the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress]

Untitled, Harlem, New York - photo by Adger Cowans, African-American photographer

Adger Cowans is a member of the seminal African-American photographers’ collective Kamoinge, formed in 1963.

Kamoinge was named after the Kenyan Gikuyu word for “a group of people working together.”

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Untitled, late 20th century - photo © by Milton Williams

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

Street swimmers, 1950.

Photo: Roy de Carava via the NY Times

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Children playing in the pump. Fox Street, The South Bronx, NYC, 1984. - photo © by Ricky Flores

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Kids playing in the water spray of a fire hydrant - photo by Markus Hartel (http://www.markushartel.com)

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Harlem street scene, 1948 - photo by Gordon Parks

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Untitled, 2012 (taken in New York City) - photo by Charles LeBrigand, from "The 100 Days of Summer" series

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