Folks of a certain age might remember Terre Haute’s first municipal swimming pool standing empty and abandoned for decades in ...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Imagine silent movies, a Ferris wheel, carousel rides, a diving horse show, a man called the Human Fish, a world-renowned diving baby, a 50-foot diving tower, a 70-foot slide, trapeze ...
Ed Davis would’ve been so happy to see the reopening of Perkins Woods Pool this month at 899 Diagonal Road. Long before he took office in 1958 as Akron’s first African American councilman, Davis ...
It was a behemoth: a swimming pool that legend says could hold up to 10,000 swimmers. If you grew up in North St. Louis in the early 20th century, it was the place to go in the summer to cool off.
Civic leaders gather July 20, 1968, to open the Elizabeth Bender Swimming Pool at the Jane Boyd Community House at 10th Street and 14th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids. Standing (left to right) are Cedar ...