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Swimming

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Kensington Day Camp, 1964-1970

 File — Drawer 6.3
Scope and Contents

This file includes photographs of camp programs and events including a luncheon at Ormiston Mansion, swimming, and arts and crafts. Notable people featured in this file include Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and Charles Mitchell.

Dates: 1964-1970

Lawncrest Recreation Center, 1957-1978

 File — Drawer 6.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the building's exterior, children playing on playground equipment, and people swimming in the pool. Other events and activities documented include a talent show, pool ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dance Festival, bubble gum-blowing contest, Bicycle Safety Rodeo, Recreation Department Umpire's Clinic, and the Lawncrest float in the Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up Parade.

Dates: 1957-1978

Mann Recreation Center, 1965-1975

 File — Drawer 6.4
Scope and Contents This file contains photographs of the building exterior, park grounds, and various events and activities held at Mann Recreation Center from 1965 to 1975. Events and activities documented in this file include a Water Carnival, Christmast party, City Championship Volleyball Tournament, Swimming Championship meet, Doll Show, Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Clinic, physical fitness program, Girls Tumbling Meet, Field Day featuring Jim Washington of the 76ers, floor hockey game, and gymnastics...
Dates: 1965-1975

Mann Recreation Center, pool, 1957-1974

 File — Drawer 6.4
Scope and Contents

This file contains views of the pool, recreational swimming, Department of Recreation swim meets, and the Little Quaker's Swimming Championship meet.

Dates: 1957-1974

Martin Luther King Recreation Center, 1967-1972

 File — Drawer 6.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the site before construction of the recreation center, interior and exterior views of the building, children playing on playground equipment, day care class, senior citizens arts and crafts, and staff working in their offices. Events documented include the dedication ceremony, basketball games, and the opening day of the pool. Notable people featured in this file include Senator Edmund Muskie, Mayor James Tate, and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1967-1972

Max Myers Playground, pool, 1958-1974

 File — Drawer 6.4
Scope and Contents

Photos in this file document recreational swimming, the Max Myers Pool Water Carnival, and the Open Gold Medal Swim Meet.

Dates: 1958-1974

McVeigh Recreation Center, 1961-1974

 File — Drawer 6.4
Scope and Contents

This file contains views of the building exterior, grounds, and facilities as well as children playing on the playground equipment. Recreation activities documented in the file include baseball games, swim meets, basketball games, a soccer clinic, indoor roller hockey, boxing, and recreational swimming.

Dates: 1961-1974

Penrose Recreation Center, 1972, 1976

 File — Drawer 6.5
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the park grounds, pool, playground, and children swimming. It also documents the pool ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Dates: 1972; 1976

Piccoli Playground, 1955-1977

 File — Drawer 6.5
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the park's building, grounds, and facilities. Events documented include a watermelon-eating contest, teenage dance party, Baby Parade, ping pong ball-spoon race, quick draw contest, bubble gum contest, onion-peeling contest, masquerade contest, doll show, flag-making contest, apple-dunking contest, costume parade, and the opening of the new pool.

Dates: 1955-1977

Pleasant Playground, 1958, 1970-1977

 File — Drawer 6.5
Scope and Contents

This file includes photographs of the building exterior, playground, park grounds, people swimming, children playing on the playground equipment, a baseball game, and the Recreation Department's Maintenance Division at work. Events featured in this file include the playground dedication ceremony and the pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and city councilman Wilbur Hamilton.

Dates: 1958; 1970-1977