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In the great Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

In the great Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swimming pool, Belle Isle - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Swimming pool, Belle Isle - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Deane residence, Great Neck, New York. Model, close-up with swimming pool]

[Deane residence, Great Neck, New York. Model, close-up with swimming ...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Madigan Hospital, Gymnasium & Swimming Pool, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Madigan Hospital, Gymnasium & Swimming Pool, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-202-27 Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buckingham Apartment Complex, Swimming Pool Complex, 525 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Buckingham Apartment Complex, Swimming Pool Complex, 525 North Glebe R...

Significance: The construction of the swimming pool complex within the Buckingham community is significant as an integral component of the original plan for Buckingham. In the late 1930s, Buckingham was envisi... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

Faraway Ranch, Swimming Pool, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ

Faraway Ranch, Swimming Pool, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-139-M Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Northeast of Kamehameha Highway & Radford Drive intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Northeast ...

Significance: The Makalapa neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need fo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Northeast of Kamehameha Highway & Radford Drive intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Northeast ...

Significance: The Makalapa neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need fo... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington St...

Significance: The Army and Navy Young Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building, Newport (1911, Louis E. Jallade, architect) stands as an important local expression of the Beaux-Arts architectural style... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District o...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District o...

Public domain photograph of college, living room, dorm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swimming pool, Charlevoix-the-Beautiful

Swimming pool, Charlevoix-the-Beautiful

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Swimming pool, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

[Swimming pool, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. View to house from swimming pool]

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. View t...

No. 14. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Edith Farnsworth House, Swimming Pool, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendall County, IL

Edith Farnsworth House, Swimming Pool, 14520 River Road, Plano, Kendal...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1600 Survey number: HABS IL-1105-B Building/structure dates: after 1971 Initial Construction

Glen Echo amusement park. Children in pool at Glen Echo

Glen Echo amusement park. Children in pool at Glen Echo

Item title devised. Public domain photograph - American children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pool at the hotel that is located at the Ross Bridge golf course, Hoover, Alabama

Pool at the hotel that is located at the Ross Bridge golf course, Hoov...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Buster Payne and his dog Mafaro walk along the remarkable Sycamore Pool in Bidwell Park in Chico, California

Buster Payne and his dog Mafaro walk along the remarkable Sycamore Poo...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The pool is remarkable because it's fashioned out of a dammed section of Big Chico Creek, rather than being a typical concrete municipal pool. Credit line... More

Swimming pool at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Swimming pool at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed by William F. Cody. The hotel opened in 1947. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Ameri... More

Guests get a warm yet brisk dip in a hotel pool in Vail, Colorado. The pool is toasty warm; the surrounding air is well below freezing. Vail, a town in Eagle County's Vail Pass, did not exist until four years after the founding of the Vail Ski Resort in 1962. As of 2015, Vail Mountain, just 1.5 hours from Denver, was Colorado's largest ski mountain

Guests get a warm yet brisk dip in a hotel pool in Vail, Colorado. The...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Sutro's Baths, San Francisco, Calif., California, 19th century sterescope card.

Sutro's Baths, San Francisco, Calif., California, 19th century steresc...

Large, indoor swimming pool. No. 3734. Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glenarm Branch, Denver Young Men's Christian Association, 501 Twenty-eighth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Glenarm Branch, Denver Young Men's Christian Association, 501 Twenty-e...

Significance: The significance of the Glenarm Branch of the Denver Young Men's Christian Association (Glenarm Recreation Center) lies in its association with Denver's black population and their history. Survey... More

Glenarm Branch, Denver Young Men's Christian Association, 501 Twenty-eighth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Glenarm Branch, Denver Young Men's Christian Association, 501 Twenty-e...

Significance: The significance of the Glenarm Branch of the Denver Young Men's Christian Association (Glenarm Recreation Center) lies in its association with Denver's black population and their history. Survey... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Swimming Pool, Off Arizona Loop, east of Barracks (Building No. 9), Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Swimming Pool, Off Arizona...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Swimming Pool, Southeast corner of East Nineteenth Place (formerly East McAfee Avenue) & Wheeling Street (formerly South Van Valzah Street), Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Swimming Pool, Southeast corner of East N...

Significance: It was constructed in 1945 as part of a massive building campaign at the Fitzsimons General Hospital during WWII. The building originally provided aquatic therapy for disabled or paralyzed hospita... More

Young Men's Christian Association, 310 Liberty Street, Warren, Warren County, PA

Young Men's Christian Association, 310 Liberty Street, Warren, Warren ...

Significance: The Warren YMCA building at 310 Liberty Avenue, built 1912-1914, is a contributing element to the National Register eligible historic district in which it is located. It stands between a mid- to l... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome County, NY

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome...

Significance: The C.F.J. Pool is significant in American recreational, technological, and labor history. It was designed in 1926 by civil engineer Wesley Bintz during a period of major change in the philosophy... More

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome County, NY

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome...

Significance: The C.F.J. Pool is significant in American recreational, technological, and labor history. It was designed in 1926 by civil engineer Wesley Bintz during a period of major change in the philosophy... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stadium, public building, sports arena, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District o...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steeplechase Park swimming pool, Coney Island

Steeplechase Park swimming pool, Coney Island

Swimming pool surrounded by amusement park rides including ferris wheel. J17463 or J17462 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Swimming  pool]

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Sw...

Site History. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardener. Today: House not extant, property now part of Bedford Hills Memorial Park. Title, date, and subject information p... More

Glen Echo amusement park. Children in pool at Glen Echo

Glen Echo amusement park. Children in pool at Glen Echo

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grossinger's pool, Liberty, New York

Grossinger's pool, Liberty, New York

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More

Grossinger's corridor by inside pool, Liberty, New York

Grossinger's corridor by inside pool, Liberty, New York

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More

The pool at the colorful Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, California

The pool at the colorful Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. When the Sydell Group acquired the hotel in 2011, it hired architects Peter Stamberg and Peter Aferiat infuse local colors into the property. They selecte... More

Swimming pool in the resort area of Weirs Beach, New Hampshire

Swimming pool in the resort area of Weirs Beach, New Hampshire

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Called "The Weirs" by locals, the village, techincally part of larger Laconia, is named for a wide, sandy, public beach on Lake Winnip... More

Harold S. Gladwin Residence, 780 El Bosque Road, Montecito, Santa Barbara County, CA

Harold S. Gladwin Residence, 780 El Bosque Road, Montecito, Santa Barb...

The field records include this book: Documentation of the Lovelace Garden Designed by Isabelle Greene (Ventura, CA: Schaf Photo & Design, 2017). ISBN #978-0-9823707-97. Significance: The Lovelace garden is si... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscome Bay Street & St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscom...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscome Bay Street & St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscom...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloh...

Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's cel... More

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Swimming Pool, Southeast corner of East Nineteenth Place (formerly East McAfee Avenue) & Wheeling Street (formerly South Van Valzah Street), Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Swimming Pool, Southeast corner of East N...

Significance: It was constructed in 1945 as part of a massive building campaign at the Fitzsimons General Hospital during WWII. The building originally provided aquatic therapy for disabled or paralyzed hospita... More

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD

Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen E...

Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool we... More

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome County, NY

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome...

Significance: The C.F.J. Pool is significant in American recreational, technological, and labor history. It was designed in 1926 by civil engineer Wesley Bintz during a period of major change in the philosophy... More

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome County, NY

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome...

Significance: The C.F.J. Pool is significant in American recreational, technological, and labor history. It was designed in 1926 by civil engineer Wesley Bintz during a period of major change in the philosophy... More

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome County, NY

Charles F. Johnson Pool, Charles F. Johnson Park, Johnson City, Broome...

Significance: The C.F.J. Pool is significant in American recreational, technological, and labor history. It was designed in 1926 by civil engineer Wesley Bintz during a period of major change in the philosophy... More

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN

Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Tenth Street, Bangor, Northampton County, PA

Bangor Park Swimming Pool, Bangor Memorial Park, Broadway at South Ten...

Significance: Built in 1937 and dedicated in 1939, this Art Moderne Style swimming pool and bath house was constructed by the WPA and the Borough of Bangor as part of a work relief project that included this st... More

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington St...

Significance: The Army and Navy Young Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building, Newport (1911, Louis E. Jallade, architect) stands as an important local expression of the Beaux-Arts architectural style... More

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington St...

Significance: The Army and Navy Young Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building, Newport (1911, Louis E. Jallade, architect) stands as an important local expression of the Beaux-Arts architectural style... More

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Army & Navy Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA), 50 Washington St...

Significance: The Army and Navy Young Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building, Newport (1911, Louis E. Jallade, architect) stands as an important local expression of the Beaux-Arts architectural style... More

Great Sutro Bath House, San Francisco, California

Great Sutro Bath House, San Francisco, California

No. 1025 B. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King - A black and white photo of a water slide

King - A black and white photo of a water slide

Horse jumping from chute into swimming pool, with crowd of spectators in background. Copyright by G.H. Russell.

Fleming Garden, 2750 Shasta Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

Fleming Garden, 2750 Shasta Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA

2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Fleming Garden is an excellent and inspiring example of a privately-owned, all-native residential garden in California, and a remarkable test... More

A view of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn, one of New York City's boroughs or county-like administrative units. Brooklyn was once an independent city rivaling nearby Manhattan in size and importance until it was incorporated into the five-borough sprawling New York megalopolis in 1898

A view of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn, one of New York City's ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Ouray Hot Springs, Pool. Ouray, Colorado

Ouray Hot Springs, Pool. Ouray, Colorado

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Pool and poolside at the A Bar A guest ranch near the town of Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Pool and poolside at the A Bar A guest ranch near the town of Riversid...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Camp Curry, Curry Village, Mariposa County, CA

Camp Curry, Curry Village, Mariposa County, CA

See also HAER CA-95 for documentation of the Stoneman Bridge. Significance: Curry Village, known as Camp Curry from the time of its establishment in 1899 through the 1960s, was historically and remains a highly... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

Faraway Ranch, Swimming Pool, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ

Faraway Ranch, Swimming Pool, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-139-M Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death Valley Ranch, Swimming Pool, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Death Valley Ranch, Swimming Pool, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County,...

Significance: Although a feature of this type was conceived in some form as early as 1925, other projects took priority. More so than any other project, the swimming pool's incomplete state clearly illustrates... More

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Swimming Pool, Second Street, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Swimming Pool, Second Street, Boro...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-Q Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscome Bay Street & St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Corner of Liscom...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

Lyndhurst, Swimming Pool, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY

Lyndhurst, Swimming Pool, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, Westchester C...

Survey number: HABS NY-5538-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000582

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Cou...

Significance: Luna Lodge is one of the best examples of a largely unaltered tourist court remaining along historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Survey number: HAER NM-13 Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Cons... More

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Shower Room & Swimming Pool, Green Street, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Shower Room & Swimming Pool, Green Street, ...

Significance: The Shower Room and Swimming Pool are significant as the first recreational facilities constructed at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital complex. They are representative examples of early twentieth-ce... More

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water circus / / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York.

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water c...

Circus poster showing performers in a pool. No. 13(?). Copyright by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York.

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