Summer swimming in New York (1909)
Summer swimming in NYC
Gotham’s youth are fortunate in the number of opportunities for swimming which the city’s configuration presents. Many a graceful and expert diver is developed along our dirty waterfront who never has a chance to win fame or publicity in the swimming contests of the great athletic clubs. (Click on the page image below to see a larger version.)
Captions:
“Come on in, the water’s fine!”
The start of a race.
A fancy “stunt.”
“Hey, boys, the cops!”
