Puzzle: What the Heck Is … That Photo!?

Vol. 3 Issue 3
June 2008

Gloria Gaynor once sang "I Will Survive!" (careful - links in this intro have music attached). We all know the tune ... we've all sung it at the top of our lungs at one point -- don't lie, we know you've done it. Well... some of us have survived a few events these past few months. Not only a heat wave at the beginning of June that stunned us all; a snow storm in the middle of May in Denver; a few canceled planes; being re-routed to Los Angeles from Denver to get back to Philly; and making an emergency landing because of a medical emergency on board. So after "surviving", we're just happy to enjoy a few heavenly days. And thank goodness we've been working on great projects for the Philadelphia Police Department, Committee of 70, and the City of Ashville, among others. We've even helped paint a mural! Welcome to another edition of the Azavea Journal.

Photo used courtesy of the City of Philadelphia’s Water Department. www.phillyhistory.org

Occasionally, as the PhillyHistory.org team is posting historic photographs to PhillyHistory.org (from the Philadelphia Department of Records’ City Archives collection or the recently added Philadelphia Water Department collection), we come across some beautiful, bizarre, and sometimes inexplicable images. The photograph above is a great example of one of these discoveries.

This month’s puzzle is a bit different from our typical newsletter puzzles. We’re asking you to awaken the right side of your brain and come up with a creative caption describing what you think might be happening in the above photograph.

Head to www.phillyhistory.org to explore the photo collections of the City of Philadelphia Department of Records‘ City Archives and of the Philadelphia Water Department.

Send your caption to info@azavea.com. The winner (chosen by the super-saavy PhillyHistory.org team) will receive a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble! The winning caption will also be published in our next newsletter.