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Municipal Bathing Pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
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Municipal Bathing Pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_109
Title
Municipal
Bathing
Pool
,
Griffith
Park
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1927
Subject (Topic)
Swimming
pools--California--Los
Angeles
;
Parks--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Place)
Griffith
Park
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
Swimming
pool
surrounded
by
three
Spanish-style
buildings
: a
two-story
bath
house
, and
two
field
houses
. A
chain-link
fence
separates
the
pool
from the
surrounding
areas
. At
left
,
onlookers
observe
swimmers
and
divers
. The
Verdugo
Mountains
are
visible
in the
background
.
Historical Background
In
1896
Colonel
Griffith
Jenkins
Griffith
(1850-1919)
donated
3,015
acres
of his
land
(formerly
Rancho
Los
Felis)
to the
City
of
Los
Angeles
to be
known
as
Griffith
Park
and
used
for
public
recreation
for the "
plain
people.
" In
keeping
with this
mandate
, the
City
of
Los
Angeles
Charter
of
1925
provided
increased
funding
to the
Playground
and
Recreation
Commission
for a
20-acre
playground
at the
southeastern
corner
of the
park
near
Los
Feliz
Blvd
. and
Riverside
Dr
. The
area
included
tennis
,
basketball
and
volleyball
courts
,
baseball
fields
,
horseshoe
pits
, and a
large
children's
playground
.
One
extremely
popular
facility
was the
Municipal
Plunge
, a
50'x
225
'
bathing
pool
that
opened
with
great
fanfare
on
August
13
,
1927
, at a
cost
of
$80,000
. In
addition
to
swimming
,
other
activities
included
water
polo
,
lifesaving
classes
,
canoeing
and, for
many
years
, an "
Enchanted
Pool
"
pageant
.
During
World
War
II
the
pool
hours
were
extended
for
war-time
workers
to
swim
in the
evening
. In
1942
, the
125th
infantry
occupied
the
playground
,
using
the
pool
for
training
, and
showering
in the
Bath
House
.
Women
lifeguards
were
employed
for the
first
time
there in
1943
. In
1968
,
forty
years
after
it
opened
, the
Municipal
Plunge
closed
permanently
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 123316; Series number: 12
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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