Medinah Athletic Club, Chicago, Ill.: Swimming tank no. 1 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Medinah Athletic Club, Chicago, Ill.: Swimming tank no. 1. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Medinah Athletic Club, Chicago, Ill.: Swimming tank no. 1
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The photograph shows the first of the swimming tanks at the Medinah Athletic Club, a Chicago social and fitness club associated with the Medinah Shriners and their temple organization. Pools like this were a prized amenity in the 1920s, when private athletic clubs offered members a place to swim, exercise, and socialize in a city where public indoor pools were limited. The image is dated to about 1929, a period when many large downtown clubs were building lavish interiors, and the tiled tank and surrounding architecture reflect that era's confidence in indoor recreation. The date and attribution come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1929. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch. Colls.; Swimming; Athletic clubs; Ill.--Chicago--Bldgs.; Geogr.; Swimming--Pools; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,132 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139895 |
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