1962 Press Photo Accra, Ghana residents get water from communal water tap

While one woman starts for home with her pail of water on her head, other grownups and children wait for their turn at a communal water tap in downtown Accra, Ghana. The live in crowded city slums. A short distance from the water tap is Kwame Nkrumah Square, where water plays on flower beds most of the day.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 7 x 9.25 inches.