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The Old Swimming Hole: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 4:54pm.
July 1941. Swimming hole at Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania. View full size. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration.
This reminds me
Submitted by Bob In Texas on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:44pm.
of the times we would go swimming it the stock pond. Cows and scum on the water in one end, and us not knowing any better having a good time on the other end. No one ever got sick.
The Old Swimming Hole
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 4:11am.
Today the path down the hill and the pond would both need wheelchair access, the water would be checked daily for carcinogens and bacteria, seven lifeguards would be required and fees would be charged; in short, the lawyers and bureaucrats would shut it down.
Heaven!
Submitted by RachelInga on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 3:24pm.
This is what heaven is like- it's the middle of summer, you're 11 years old, you swim in the pond when you're not riding your bike, and every night you have pie for dessert.
Old swimming hole
Submitted by Joan on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 8:40am.
This was in Pine Grove Mills ... it is no longer there, has a house on it now. It was right before Chestnut Street going up the mountain.
The old swimming hole
Submitted by jennie on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 1:46pm.
Does anyone know exactly where this was located. Several people have been asking here in State College. Thanks Jen
Almost expect to see Polly
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 8:28pm.
Almost expect to see Polly Benedict sashay down the path
I lived in Pine Grove Mills
Submitted by Joan on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 8:48am.
I lived in Pine Grove Mills and remember this swimming hole very well!!!!!!!!!! It was a wonderful place to grow up.
i love this picture ..life
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 07/14/2007 - 1:30am.
i love this picture ..life was so simple then - i would love to be a kid and spend the summers in a town with a swimming hole .
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