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Bartons in the Early Twenties

Description: Photograph of two young women wearing bathing suits and swim caps in pool and a third woman laying on side of pool at Barton Springs. Other swimmers are visible in the background. There is a typed caption on the bottom margin of the photograph reading "Bartons in the Early twenties."
Date: 192X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People at Barton Springs]

Description: Photograph of people sitting and standing along the side of the pool at Barton springs. Some are in swimming suits and others are in street clothes.
Date: April 10, 1937
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photography Lab., Austin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Brentwood Pool

Description: Photograph taken from outside the chain-link fence around Brentwood community pool in Austin. A number of people are swimming the the pool or seated in chairs on the deck around the outside of the pool; a young man on a bicycle is balancing against the fence on the left side of the image. A long brick building is visible in the background and a small tree is planted in front of the pool.
Date: June 8, 1954
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.340729 -97.730321
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children in Palm Park Swimming Pool]

Description: Photograph of a lifeguard with boys in Palm Park swimming pool. The children are identified on the back of the photograph as follows: L-R: Ouerry(?), Bobby; Day, Edward; Bell, Roger; Young, Roger; Chamber, Alton; Houseton, John. Guard: Colthorpe, Duane.
Date: June 5, 1941
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rosewood Park swimming pool]

Description: Photograph of the empty swimming pool at Rosewood Park for Negroes. The photograph shows the shower in the middle left where swimmers can wash off grass and dirt before entering the pool. The diving board is visible behind the shower indicating this is a photo of the deep end of the pool. A lifeguard sits in the lifeguard chair at the far end of the pool. A swing set is partially visible behind the diving board and a some trees.
Date: May 19, 1936
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rosewood Park pool]

Description: Photograph of the swimming pool at the Rosewood Park for Negroes. The pool was built by J.F. Johnson Construction and is seventy feet wide by seventy five feet long, and runs three feet to seven feet and six inches deep. The photo is of the shallow end of the pool. Two cars are parked in near the pool. A lifeguard sits underneath a rules notice.
Date: May 19, 1936
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Swimmers at Rosewood Park pool]

Description: Photograph of swimmers at the swimming pool at the Rosewood Park for Negroes. Because of an extensive remodeling and enlargement program, Rosewood Pool opened its swimming session on June 19, but even with this late start, attendance for the rest of the season totaled 73,155. The completed pool measures 70' x 125' plus an adjacent wading pool that is 20' x 40', giving a combined total of 9,550 sq. ft. A water filtering system was installed with a 3-gallon per minute filter rate. The pool has a … more
Date: 1936~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bathers at Deep Eddy]

Description: Photograph of Deep Eddy swimming pool looking northwest towards the dressing rooms. People swimming, others sitting on the edge of the pool. View from the deep end of the pool. Deep Eddy began as a natural swimming hole in the Colorado River and was expanded into a man-made swimming pool in 1915 by A.J. Eilers, Sr. Deep Eddy pool is the oldest swimming pool in Texas and is operated and maintained by the City of Austin.
Date: 1936
Creator: Austin Police Department Identification Bureau
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children swimming at Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the Rosewood Park for Negroes swimming pool. Extensive use of swimming pool and facilities demonstrates success of this recreation center.
Date: August 19, 1938
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Swimmers at Barton Springs]

Description: Photograph of swimmers in and around Barton Springs Pool. More young people socialize on the two banks of the pool than swim in its waters. Several swimmers are standing on the diving boards.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Boone Photo Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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