“Drops From Second Story Of Brick Building”

If the apartment house I grew up in had a fire escape like the tube model displayed in this 1924 image taken by the Cheyenne River Agency, I may have become an arsonist just for the excuse to go for a spin. The record connected to it at the National Archives and Records Administration has only a simple description:

“Drops from second story of brick building; small child is sitting in the end of the tube.”