Mother and Her Children on a Fire Escape at 59 Norfolk Street, New York, 1927

During a heatwave in July 1927, children Meyer (centre) and Annie with their mother Fannie Kuker, on the fire escape of their home at 59 Norfolk Street, on New York’s East Side.⁠ In the dreadful heat of a New York summer, sleeping on the fire escape might be the only way to catch a breeze.