Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1952-07-17
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.009768

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: London / Park; handwritten: It was Fine… / Hyde Park, Serpentine Lido at 84 degrees; stamped: “ILLUSTRATED” COPYRIGHT / Negative No. / Must not be reproduced / without permission.; stamped: CREDIT: / from BLACK STAR / CLIFFORDS INN, LONDON; stamped: 17 JUL 1952; handwritten: On a July day the thermometer / registered 84 degrees in the shade at / 4pm over 6,000 people invaded the / Serpentine Lido in London’s Hyde Park. / They wore brief swim-suits, but still they / were sweltering. Cameraman could hardly find room to set up tripod; handwritten: Graybar Bldg – NYC

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: LONDON / PARKS
Retouching: N