Keywords: SouthBroadSummerShowers1940HydrantCrowd.jpg New Orleans 1940 For the fifth consecutive year the WPA recreation project begins its summer showers program Boys and girls of New Orleans will cool off at seventeen locations in the city The formal opening of the program shown here was held at the fire station at 231 South Broad Street Lieutenant Bat Otillio; Pipeman Richard Cochran Engine House 26 Hook Ladder 9; and Barbara Lee Grager age 2 Exterior The Summer Showers Program provided sprays of water at fire stations for children to play and cool off in Works Progress Administration photo via http //www nutrias org/~nopl/photos/wpa/wpa36 htm 1940-07-01 Uncredited WPA photographer PD-USGov 1940 in New Orleans Broad Avenue New Orleans Children of the United States Fashion in 1940 Mid City New Orleans 1940s swimwear Fire hydrants in New Orleans Firefighters in Louisiana Water curtains |