One of my absolute favorite childhood games was painting the fireplace bricks with water. If you don’t believe it is a good way to entertain a pre-school child, give that child a paint brush, (such as the one in my hand) and a cup of water, and let them loose on any porous surface that changes color, such as a cement patio, driveway, stones, or bricks. You can barely see the areas I painted, to the right of my face, but you can certainly see my glee.

That unique-to-Levittown crawl-through fireplace which connects the living room (where I am sitting) to the kitchen is also in view. Beyond it are the mid-century modern Paul McCobb kitchen chairs and table my parents bought in 1953 to furnish their then-brand new house. Photo was taken with an Argus 75 box camera and sure-to-wash-out-all-faces flash bulb by one of my parents. Scan was made from a negative. View full size.