Heat Wave Collection

Cooling Off
August 1919: London children bathing at the foot of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during a heatwave. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Moonlight Dipper
August 1911: A nude swim by moonlight for a bather in Westcliffe during the heatwave of 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Park Paddlers
August 1911: A crowd of people take to the water of the Serpentine in Hyde Park to cool off, during the heatwave. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Road Wash
1925: A roadman spraying down the dust with water in Temple Gardens, London, during a heat wave. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Broken Umbrella
25th June 1935: Three little boys shelter from the sun under a battered umbrella during Londons summer heatwave. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Heat Stroke
July 1928: Two polar bears overcome by heat at the zoo. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Seal Close-Up
12th August 1975: This seal is very comfortable during the current heat wave, after all he can swim whenever he wants to in the zoos pool. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Parisian Summer
6th July 1977: Parisian children playing with water jets near the Eiffel Tower during very hot weather in the capital. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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