A young girl stands on the steps leading up to the wading pool at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. She wears a bathing suit and has one foot and both hands resting on a railing.

A group of children at a wading pool in Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. Some of the children sit in the pool while others stand behind the railing that encloses the pool. Two men also stand at the railing.

This photograph the beach at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon. The Nye Beach Natatorium, the dome-roofed building marked "NAT," is pictured in the center.

Photograph of the boardwalks around the edge of the swimming pool at Hazel Green Park. Unidentified people are walking on the walkway in the distance.

Black and white photograph of students from the Oregon School for the Deaf playing in the YMCA pool in Salem. Several students are splashing and climbing on each other in the pool. The photograph is mounted on a peach colored mat. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "OSSD pupils went to YMCA in Salem Ore 1957". OSSD stands for Oregon State School for the Deaf, the name of the school from 1913-1989.

A crowded swimming pool filled with participants in girls' day at Mount Scott City Park (negative 1 of 3).

Swimmers jumping into a pool at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park on Hayden Island. The women are mid-air, after jumping into the water from the side of the pool. People watch from the other side of a fence (negative 6 of 8).

A diver in mid-air, after leaping into a pool at an Active club meet at Jantzen Beach Amusement Park on Hayden Island. People stand along the side of the pool, and another pool and building can be seen in the background. Written on the negative is “Willa Worthington” (negative 2 of 7).

Three unidentified women, gathered at a Portland city park during hot weather. All wearing bathing suits, the woman in the middle is playing a ukulele with the others watch. A pool can be seen in the background (negative 5 of 10).

Swimmers diving into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Several swimmers are standing on diving blocks over the water, with another swimmer in between. A coach (Jack Cody?) stands behind looking towards the pool (negative 2 of 4).

Two swimmers, likely including Suzanne Zimmerman on the right, stand at the edge of a swimming pool with coach Jack Cody, at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland (negative 10 of 12).

Swimmers cheer for teammates at the edge of a pool during a city championship meet at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Billie Atherton in the middle, wearing a robe? A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 3 of 4).

Swimmers diving into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, during a city championship meet. Several women are in mid-air as they jump off the side of the pool, with onlookers watching the sides. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 1 of 4).

Lavelle Flannery, of the Portland Aquatic Club, makes a turn during a city championship swim meet at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Other swimmers kneel at the edge of the pool cheering for Flannery. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 30, 1949 (negative 2 of 4).

A group of swimmers, coached by Jack Cody, posing in a circle in a swimming pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. The swimmers all have their hands on a floating inter-tube at the center of the group (negative 8 of 12).

A group of swimmers, coached by Jack Cody, posing as a group next to a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. All the swimmers are wearing bathing suits with a winged “M” across the front (negative 6 of 12).

Swimmers jump into a pool at a Multnomah Athletic Club swim meet. The women are mid-jump as spectators watch from the side of the pool (negative 1 of 12).

A woman in a bathing suit leans downward towards the edge of a swimming pool in Sellwood Park, where a group of children are gathered. Several children are splashing in the water. In the background is a brick building (negative 2 of 4).

Children and adolescents lay on the ground near a swimming pool in Sellwood Park. People can be seen standing behind a metal fence, outside of the pool area (negative 4 of 4).

A group of children splash in a pool at Sellwood Park. Many are facing towards the camera and raising their arms. A brick building can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 4).

Three female swimmers pose on a diving board over a pool. Pictured: Joyce Macrea, Braud (?) Helse (?), Nancy Merki (negative 5 of 6).

Female swimmers in the water at Multnomah Athletic Club. Several woman are submerged in the water, while one is pushing off from a wall (negative 1 of 6).

Swimmers photographed mid-dive at a boy scout swim meet in Portland (Jantzen beach?). Spectators watch from the pools’ edge (negative 1 of 7).

Swimmers jumping into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, during a state swim meet. Five women are photographed mid-jump while an audience watches from the pool edge. From left to right, swimmers are: Bernice Lindsay, Marg Shea, Nancy Merki, Janet Rogers, and unidentified (negative 3 of 5).

Al Patnick jumps off a diving board during a state swim meet at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. His arms are extended as an audience watched from the sides of the indoor pool (negative 2 of 5).

A swimmer, wearing a team jacket, kneels down on the edge of a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, at a state swim meet. She is yelling downward at another swimmer in a pool, who is approaching the wall (negative 5 of 5).

Photograph showing a crowd of swimmers in the water and on the deck at the Sellwood Park pool in Portland. Some are wearing swimsuits with the words “Sellwood Park” on the chest.

Photograph showing a crowd of swimmers at the edge of the pool at Sellwood Park in Portland. Many of them are wearing swimsuits with the words “Sellwood Park” on the chest. Image note: Negative damage at upper right.