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July 1942. Washington, D.C. "Sunday at the municipal swimming pool." Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Most of those guys look like ice cream is not a frequent treat for them.
It's hard to imagine this many young men out enjoying a sunny afternoon at the pool with a war raging in Europe.
[These boys are younger than draft age, which was 21 when this photo was taken. - Dave]
I'm guessing that they may have a locker key tied to their ankles.
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