Man wipes sweat from his face July 10, 2007 in New York City. New York City is experiencing a second day of a heat wave with temperatures in the...
Children use a fire hydrant to cool off while washing cars August 9, 2001 in Washington Heights, New York City. A heat wave has settled in over the...
Dome like bubble of pollution was clearly seen over London today in this aerial photograph. The smog layer changed colour as you moved around the...
On Poppy Hills just outside Crowthorne a Heathland fire burns in this aerial photo taken on 9th July, 2004.
Dome like bubble of pollution was clearly seen over London today in this aerial photograph. The smog layer changed colour as you moved around the...
Thick layers of Smog drift between Crystal Palace and Canary Wharf in this aerial photograph 1 July 2006.
Boscombe Beach on a work day as the temperature hits the high 90's in this aerial photograph taken on July 3, 2006.
People try to beat the heat at Brighton Beach in Brooklyn as the city suffers through another heat wave with temperatures over 100 degrees.
Heat Wave Demands Cold Water from New York Hydrant as Manhattan temperatures rise, water pours out to fill buckets, cool toes and quench thirst
Horse hitched to a handsome carriage that gives tourists a ride through Central Park, being fed by an A.S.P.C.A. And Humane Society man, during...
Horse hitched to a handsome carriage which gives tourists a ride through Central Park being sponged down by A.S.P.C.A. And Humane Society men during...
Man covers his head from the sun in Times Square on the fourth day of a heat wave that has brought temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit to much...
Batesburg, S.C.: The worst drought in recorded history has squeezed the life out of Southern fields such as Ricky Frick's corn. Frick displays some...
Korea: Heat wave, entertaining US troops in Korea. The walk and wiggle of Marilyn Monroe speak for themselves. The boys answer with whistles, cheers,...
Korea: Heat wave. Wherever she went the boys turned out for the show in the impressive numbers. Here, she faces a sea of GI's as she does a song....
Korea: Heat wave. Marilyn Monroe autographs the cast on the leg of Airman Third Class Gerald Kasper, of New York, as his twin brother, Robert looks...
Korea: Heat wave. The first of many GI crowds swirls around Marilyn as she appears under a "Welcome Marilyn" sign.
Carmen Miranda, the heat wave from Brazil, seems to be doing her own ironing , at her New York hotel. Things were serene along Broadway until Miranda...
Despite a wilting heat wave and sweltering humidity, summer dancing opened June 27th on the Mall in Central Park. These youthful couples jitterbug in...
Horse Dobbin gets shower as heat wave hits New York. Old Dobbin, in his own equine was deeply appreciative of this cooling pailful of water poured...
Actors George Raft and Humphrey Bogart got a luck break in the heat wave here. While the temperature went above the 100-degree in the current heat...
Photo shows the outdoor booth for "Two-in-a-room Ocean Bathing" Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Men are shown putting different numbered signs on a stand at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Men are shown putting different numbered signs on a stand at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Chicago, IL: Leslee Ditka wails out loud and long on finding that she left a nice hot beach for some very cold water. She had her first "dunking" at...
New Yorkers were ready to look to the Statue of Liberty's torch as a cold wave continued into its ninth day on January 13th. Although the 82 year old...
During the record July 14th heat wave, it is always too hot to John Pawlikawski, as he must stand constant vigil with a hose to keep fires from...
Heat Wave Piles Up New Crowd Record as 750,000 Seek Relief at Coney Island. Brooklyn, New York: Coney Island came into its won as record crowd of...
New York, New York- Picture shows kids keeping cool during the heat wave in New York, by swimming in the East River at 89th Stret.
Washington, DC- While most people across the land were thinking of ways of beating the heat wave today, these two polar bears were relaxing in the...
Dallas, TX: When his mother can recognize him, this begoggled and befinned 11-year-old is Joe Chick, who goes in for skin diving in a big way. During...
What the well-dressed Texas gal will wear during the current heat wave might be something quite novel. Here, Dallas secretary Mildred Walston starts...
All those complaining about the recent heat wave which has descended upon New York may take an object lesson from these youngsters, who aren't...
New York, New York- Picture shows a Perscription against a New York heatwave, a spray from a fire hydrant. Undated photo.
Senator Wheeler of Montana working in shirt short sleeves during the heat wave in Washington on the Silver Bill.
Photo shows the massive crowd at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave. In the background can be seen the boardwalk attractions.
Lancaster, South Carolina: The driest six months in recorded history has squeezed the life out of Southern fields and pastures such as Lewis H....
Los Angeles, CA- A lone spectator views a smog-covered downtown Los Angeles 6/13. Sun-scorched southern California, still broiling in sweltering...
Photo shows four people sleeping on the beach at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows the massive crowd at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave. In the back can be seen some of the boardwalk...
Photo shows a couple and a baby sleeping on the beach at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows four people sleeping on the beach at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows a couple and a baby sleeping on the beach at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows four people sleeping on the sand at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows people under the boardwalk at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
An officer is shown leading three children at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave.
Photo shows the massive crowd at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave. In the background can be seen the boardwalk attractions....
Photo shows the massive crowd at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave. In the background can be seen the shops and attractions...
Photo shows the massive crowd at Coney Island in July of 1940, during the massive heat wave. In the background can be seen the boardwalk attractions....
How They Cheat the Heat Wave in England. London...Here is pictured a fair English Lassie riding her winner ashore after the water Derby at one of the...
New Yorkers were ready to look to the Statue of Liberty's torch as a cold wave continued into its ninth day on January 13th. Although the 82 year old...
With one youngster manning the hydrant, three other boys of New York's super-heated Lower East Side get a cool and refreshing shower as a brief...
Birmingham, Ala.: Alabama farmers pray for rain in a heat wave which has broken high temperatures 12 days in a row. But 9-month-old Stephen Alan...
New York, New York: Heat Wave? Not Here! From a dock at 65th street and East River, small fry Manhattanites thumb their noses at current heat wave in...
Truck driver Frank Carangi of Brooklyn goes all out for a little coolness by jumping into a pool completely clothed. Carangi spotted the water filled...
Kelly Sisters Waving Kelly In. London, England: Fresh as budding shamrocks, the Kelly sisters, Grace and Lizanne, wave a cheery greeting to brother...
This "campus" appears to be just what the doctor ordered during the heat wave plaguing most of the U.S. These days, as three young hopefuls indulge...
Washington, DC- While most people across the land were thinking of ways of beating the heat wave today, these two polar bears were relaxing in the...
Hiroshima, Japan-Devastated by the first atomic bomb nine years ago, Hiroshima is still in the midst of reconstructing its war-torn buildings. The...
New York, NY: Photo shows little Anna Pilieri, keeping cool by sitting in the ice box during the heat wave.
Tacony, PA: Employees of Henry Disston & Sows Inc., proudly wave their flags as they view the dedication of the U. S. A. Philadelphia Armor Plate...
New York: Heavy thunderstorms accompanied by a mass of cool air moved into the New York area 7/20 breaking the heat wave that had baked the "Big...
New York, NY: Dogdom at Dunk-erque Ed O'Rourke and Elizabth Connolly believe in both cleanliness and cooperation especially in reference to dogs....
An unidentified woman directs traffic while stoplights are out due to power outage, New York, New York, August 14, 1977. The outage, which occured...
Unidentified man directs traffic on Park Ave. While stoplights were out due to power outage, New York, New York, August 14, 1977. The outage, which...
People gather on and around a monument to composer George M. Cohan in a darkened Times Square during a power outage, New York, New York, July 13,...
Manhattan subway riders suffering oven-like heat wave in a tunnel twenty feet underground as they make their way home.
With the coming heat wave, so comes new ideas for keeping cool, which these people demonstrate by wearing improvised sun protectors made from...
Thousands of Bostonites thronged to nearby Revere Beach to escape the heat wave that struck the East Coast this weekend, Revere, Massachusetts, circa...
View of a pedestrian as she cools off in the spray of an open fire hydrant, on East 113th Street , during a heat wave, New York, New York, July 30,...
