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Title
Youth gets into swim of things
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated June 19, 1961 reads "Danny Wright, 11, 14833 Hartsook St., Sherman Oaks, makes ready for first dive at opening day of Sherman Oaks-Van Nuys Swim Pool, 14201 Huston St., Saturday. Swimming season began with the opening of nine Valley pools. Besides Sherman Oaks-Van Nuys pool, also open are Fernangeles (shallow), North Hollywood, Northridge, Orcutt, Paxton, Reseda, Sun Valley and Verdugo Hills pools."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00125850
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d030_f31_i18
CARL0005435124
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58199
Subject
Boys--California--Los Angeles
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Swimming pools--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Swimming--California--Los Angeles
Fences--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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