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Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/17/2016 - 10:25pm.
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July 1943. Montgomery County, Maryland. "Bathers on the side of the pool at the Glen Echo amusement park." Where the boys are. Medium format acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

July 1943. Montgomery County, Maryland. "Bathers on the side of the pool at the Glen Echo amusement park." Where the boys are. Medium format acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

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So's The Crystal Pool

Submitted by Fun_Is_Where_You... on Thu, 02/18/2016 - 1:33pm.

Washingtonians who have reached their Medicare years will recognize this jingle which ran endlessly on 1960's radio http://kaptainkidshow.com/glenechobobraleigh1.mp3

Kiddie favorite Cap'n Tugg hung around the Crystal Pool.

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Memories

Submitted by noelani on Thu, 02/18/2016 - 10:16am.

Looking at this, I can smell the chlorine and hear the noise, kids hollering, diving board flexing, water splashing, etc.

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Where the (white) boys are

Submitted by Bill_Landau on Thu, 02/18/2016 - 9:28am.

Since Glen Echo was whites only until 1961.

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Oh, Mac!

Submitted by davidk on Wed, 02/17/2016 - 11:18pm.

The skinny guy reminds me of "Mac" in the Charles Atlas ads on the back of comic books when I was a kid. "Darn it! I'm sick and tired of being a scarecrow!"

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