1940s & 1950s | YMCA Swimming and Diving
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The Good - Historical Nude Male Swimming Images
2024年9月12日 · Particularly since “bathing” pools in “bathhouses” were the earliest incarnation of these facilities. The idea of a pool exclusively for recreational swimming came along later. In general terms, the first swimming pools in the US appeared in the 1880’s. The first YMCA pool was attributed to the Brooklyn “Y” in 1885.
High schools, YMCAs, and nude swimming - Straight Dope
2006年11月10日 · Numerous recollections of nude swimming in high school in 1950s-1970s. From Life magazine issue of October 16, 1950: Photo of nude water volleyball at New Trier Township High School in the Chicago suburbs. Circa 1980, nude swimming was optional at the all-male YMCA in my town.
Historic Archives - Nude Male Swimming - Google Sites
There are literally hundreds of period specific articles we could post that discussed school or public recreation programs wherein boys were required to swim nude as opposed to the girls, who...
Yearbooks - Historical Nude Male Swimming Images
It was from a 1950 issue of LIFE magazine. In the diving picture included here, it will be noted that a 48-star flag is displayed in the background. That puts this yearbook firmly in the 1950’s during which time it was known beyond any doubt that nude …
Nude Swimming at YMCAs and American Universities in the 1950s ... - Reddit
2020年8月21日 · Swim practice at the Y was always nude. The Dayton Y pool had a unique feature. In addition to a high dive and two low diving boards (features which you seldom see in any public pool any more due to liability), there was a lengthy curvilinear sliding board.
Beefcake and Bulges in Old Swim Team Photos - Blogger
2017年4月27日 · On certain days, probably weekends, they had all men and boys naked swim hours, it was probably around 1957 or so, I would have been about 7 years old. It was a more innocent time, it was not considered sexual in any way.
Historic Archives - Nude Male Swimming - D. Photographs
The following are historic photographs obtained from publications and the Internet depicting the common experience of how boys and young men swam in public schools, associations like the YMCA and...
The Olden days: when Spectators watched nude swimmers.
2009年1月12日 · I attended the York Y first in the mid-1950s when I was in the 6th Grade, when every 6th grader in the inner city went to the Y to learn to swim -- boys to the YMCA, girls to the YWCA. I remember about 100 naked boys from all over the city in the locker room together and in one big naked swimming class. At that time the York Y was VERY NUDE ...
Vintage Photography and Film Gallery - Google Sites
One area of spirited discussion revolves around many swim programs hosted by institutions such a public schools, community centers, YMCA and Boy Scouts during the 19th and 20th centuries, which...