Picture Connecticut: Working At The Car Wash

CONNECTICUT — This scene is being played out all over town and cities in Connecticut.

Schools are getting back into session in Connecticut, and practice for fall sports has begun. Consequently, over the next month or so, a proliferation of teenagers will be spotted at roadsides throughout the state, raising funds for their athletic program, youth team, booster club or academic organization.

Between a seemingly endless supply of bake sales, purse bingo nights and holiday bazaars are a tried-and-true staple: the car wash. No matter what town you're in, you're likely to see kids with signs on corners, waiting for the chance to douse your vehicle with suds.

Ever wondered what a hand-operated car wash looks like from the inside? Look no further; this photo was taken recently as a bunch of eager high school football players attacked a Nissan with soap and hoses in 90-degree heat to earn cash for their program.

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly series that features images of the state, past and present.

Here are past images:

2024

• The Lyman Orchards Maze, Middlefield
• A bucket of UFC, Vernon

• The Bug Mailbox, Ellington-Somers
• The 1976 Gremlin, Enfield
• Hole 4, Fox Hopyard Golf Club, East Haddam
• That's A Tall Uncle Sam, Vernon
• A CT Olympic Connection, Manchester
• Fireworks, behind the scenes, Vernon
• A Riverside Stroll, Hockanum River
• The 29th Connecticut Monument, New Haven
• Hangin' in the Hangar, Windsor Locks
• The Little Drummer Boy, Bridgeport
• The 14th Connecticut, Gettysburg
• A sculpture for a Famous Sculptor, West Hartford
• The Attack of the Flamingos, anywhere
• Historic Tower Turns Red, Vernon
• Eagle Rock, Hebron

• The Cirque, Hartford
• The Amerbelle Spillway, Rockville
• The ECSU Gallery, Willimantic
• Great Captain Island, Greenwich
• Bobblehead Madness, Storrs
• Bobby Sands/Hunger Strike Memorial, Hartford
• Mr. Jonathan Goes To Hartford, Hartford
• The Latest Discount Airline, New Haven
• State Groundhog Gets Arrested, Manchester
• Historic Wartime Sutures, Willington
• Big Business Week In CT, statewide
• The Marketplace at Guilford Food Center Guilford
• Main Street at night, Middletown
• The Hide-and-Seek Bear, Tolland
• The MLK Mural, Manchester
• The Mount Southington Summit, Southington

2023

• All Faiths Gather At Town Park, Vernon
• Riverside Igloos, Milford
• The TPC Pro Shop, Cromwell
• The Santa House, North Pole, er, Northern Connecticut
• Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester
• UConn Lacrosse Giving Back, Connecticut River Valley
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford
• The Doughboy, East Hartford
• The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford
• The indoor bush plane, Hartford County
• The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
• The Notch, Granby
• The CT 9/11 Monument, Westport
• Vintage Gas Pump, Somers
• Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor
• Late Afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry
• Fogarea, New Haven County
• Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
• Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
• The first dentist, Windsor
• The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
• The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
• The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
• The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
• The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
• The Underground Railroad, Unionville
• The cow carousel, Ellington
• Charles Island, Milford
• State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
• Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
• The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
• Agent Orange Monument, Andover
• The Sunken Garden, Farmington
• Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
• The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
• Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester