Vintage Photograph Captures Swimmers at McCarren Park on This Day in 1937

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Today in 1937 - swimming pool at McCarren Park #thisdayinhistory https://t.co/HW57SD1PoH
Today in 1937 - swimming pool at McCarren Park #thisdayinhistory https://t.co/HW57SD1PoH
Photo: @nycrecords

The high temperature in New York City on July 12th, 1937 was 84°, prompting hundreds of hot Brooklynites to head to the massive McCarren Park Pool

Check out this vintage photograph shared by the New York City Department of Records documenting the occasion.

via @nycrecords

McCarren Park Pool
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