Before 1930, swimming in Oneonta would be considered a "short season" activity, as it was strictly outdoors, such as at a swimming hole along the Susquehanna River or at Oneonta's first pool in the ...

The directors of a not-for-profit sports club say they want to take on a town's 1930s swimming baths and reopen them with a range of sports facilities. The Flag Lane Baths in Crewe, Cheshire, have ...

Guildford Lido is to offer a free open day on Saturday. The event will kick-off renewed year-round swimming at the Stoke Park ...

Oklahoman Fred Newton swims down the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on his way to New Orleans from the Ford Dam in this July 1930 clipping from the St. Paul Dispatch. (Pioneer Press files) ...

A new exhibit coming to Philadelphia will explore the experiences of swimming while Black as it relates to America’s history of segregated swimming. Located in the former Kelly Pool within the ...

The distant relationship between Black Americans and water is still as prevalent today as it was in the early 20th century. Swimming pools grew popular and began to expand across the United States in ...

She was known as the “Backstroke Queen.” The late Jule Holleran Igoe, a standout area swimmer in the 1930s who later became ...