Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Related to story, "Children of City Flock to Pools," Los Angeles Times, 05 Aug 1934: 16. Thousands of people enjoyed an unexpected holiday as the municipal swimming and wading pools reopened for the season after it was closed for a time due to the poliomyelitis epidemic. Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES PARKS, GRIFFITH PARK, SWIMMING POOL discolored (try to scan) Handwritten on negative: Griffith Plunge Text from newspaper caption: Scene at Griffith Park pool yesterday as Harwood Coffin, director, gave signal that sent first group of bathers into the plunge.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6122 ark:/21198/zz002cw8q1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bathing suits Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Swimming pools--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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