Swimming pool, 1938

This image shows a large swimming pool surrounded by men, women and children. There is a row of children standing in another shallow pool with their backs to the camera. Men women and children are sitting and standing in the foreground with their backs to the camera. One woman is holding a floral umbrella. Everyone is watching the swimmers in the pool who are swimming in marked lanes. Buildings are along the right-hand side.

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Swimming pool, 1938

DATE1938

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P323

HISTORY

This photograph was taken at the opening of the Hastings Swimming Pool in 1938.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a large swimming pool surrounded by men, women and children. There is a row of children standing in another shallow pool with their backs to the camera. Men women and children are sitting and standing in the foreground with their backs to the camera. One woman is holding a floral umbrella. Everyone is watching the swimmers in the pool who are swimming in marked lanes. Buildings are along the right-hand side.

SUBJECTS

Openings (events), Sports and recreations establishments, Swimming pools

KEYWORDS

Hastings Swimming Pool