Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) tweeted at 5:39 PM on Tue, Oct 14, 2014: New Yorkers cool off in the Astoria public pool with the Hell Gate railroad bridge looming in the background, 1940. t.co/wFlspEMoUO

Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) tweeted at 5:39 PM on Tue, Oct 14, 2014: New Yorkers cool off in the Astoria public pool with the Hell Gate railroad bridge looming in the background, 1940. t.co/wFlspEMoUO