Children playing in Edison fountain, Grand Circus Park
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Description
View of children playing in Edison fountain at Grand Circus Park. Sign on fountain reads: "Warning, no swimming in this fountain by order of Dept. Parks & Recreation." Label on back: "Kids in Grand Circus Park show disbelief in sign. When the thermometer climbs high the Edison Fountain in Grand Circus Park becomes a magnet for sweltering kids, despite the warning sign posted in full view. Plunging for pennies tossed in by park loiterers has become a major pastime between visits of policemen on the downtown beat." Stamped on back: "July 26 (28), 1943."
Details
- Creator:
- Detroit Free Press
- Resource ID:
- bh028436
- Subject:
- Parks--Michigan--Detroit
- Fountains--Michigan--Detroit
- Children--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1943-07
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 7 x 9 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Parks-Grand Circus
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.