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Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907) depicting boys swimming from a pier in the East River, New York City "Swimming baths" and pools were built in the late 19th century in poorer neighborhoods of northern industrial cities of the US to exert some control over a public swimming culture that offended Victorian sensibilities by including not only nakedness, but roughhousing and swearing.
While following the wishes of parents who believed older girls should behave modestly, all the board members disagreed, stating that there was "no moral issue involved". [56] [57] New developments in pool chlorination, filtration, and nylon swimsuits led the APHA to abandon its recommendation of nude swimming for males in 1962. [58]
In 1947 girls aged 9 to 13 at the Liberty School in Highland Park, Michigan were directed to wear swimsuits by the Superintendent of Schools in response to a protest by mothers to the board of education. Boys in the schools had not worn suits in their classes for years, and girls requested to do the same in order to give them more time in the pool.
Partying like champs! Fresh off their fourth Women's World Cup win, Team USA hit the ground running in New York City: After grabbing dinner at downtown hotspot Nobu on Monday night, the team ...
A freshly cleaned pool and a hot summer day are perfect complements. But like oil and water, sunscreen and pool water don’t mix. The sunscreen you slather on your kids before each and every pool ...
Pool Parties / ˌ p uː l ˈ p ɑːr t iː s / was a summer series of free outdoor concerts that took place in an abandoned olympic-size swimming pool in McCarren Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn from 2006 to 2008 and at the East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 2009 to 2010. [1] The music festival hosted more than 200,000 people ...
Immediately after boarding the ship, the sail-a-way party sets the mood for the entire cruise. Whether it’s a 3-day trip to the Caribbean or somewhere else, Disney characters constantly roam the ...
On June 5, 2015, police were called to a pool party and cookout at Craig Ranch North, an upper-middle-class neighborhood in McKinney. Tatyana and Aryana Rhodes, African-American teens and neighborhood residents, had invited friends to the event to celebrate the end of the school year. [ 5 ]