Photo Friday: Fire Escapes

Today's Photo Friday installment is a WPA poster from the Library of Congress "By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA 1936-1943" collection.I have long loved and browsed this collection, but this one is new to me.

"Keep Your Fire Escapes Clear" dates from April 1937 and was commissioned for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York.

This is the time of year that folks would take to sleeping outside on the fire escape to beat the heat of their apartments.  Hence, perhaps, the mattress among the potted plants up top.  I particularly like someone's white heels outside.