Summer unofficially ends today, as we mark Labor Day, but we couldn’t resist featuring this summer photo from 1939.

Submitted by Barbara Santee of Telford, this photos show four girls who lived in Perkasie finding a way to cool off a bit during the dog days of August.

“In such heat, it didn’t take long for Joyce, Joan, Mary and Marilyn (or Jean), children of Alfred and Violet Smith, to become dusty, sweaty, cross and quarrelsome,” Santee wrote.

“Still suffering from the Depression era, the pool at Menlo Park was not an option. Pictured is mother’s solution: a galvanized wash tub filled with water.

“Judging from the smiles, I’d say it did the trick.”

We agree. But do you think kids today would settle for a soak in the wash tub?