Central Park Sprinklers gifts-mother's-day gathered at the Lincoln Memorial

gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington

"The wind - whether you're working scaffold

some were poignant and all were proof that fact is stranger than fiction

who had "seen it all too many times"

The Times called it an "August snowfall

Central Park Sprinklers gifts-mother's-day gathered at the Lincoln MemorialWith a turn of a ceremonial key, Park Commissioner Walter R. Herrick demonstrated the newly installed sprinklers throughout Central Park on December 8, 1928. The Times reported that the pipes of the new irrigation system, which have "concealed spray heads," will be controlled by a timer and create a fine mist. "Its operation starts with an electric clock which turns the system on or off at the given time." The system was estimated to do in 10 minutes