The story of New York City’s swimming pools through photographs, 1930-1960

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  New Yorkers have been taking the plunge in the Big Apple since the late 1800s, when the state legislature passed a law mandating free bathhouses in cities with populations over 50,000. The state believed it was necessary to provide bathing facilities for families in overcrowded tenements, where sanitary issues were a major concern. Bathhouses, […]