Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of a lifeguard teaching a boy to swim at a swimming pool
1951
Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of a swimming pool. In the center middle ground, a lifeguard holds a boy on his stomach in the water as he learns to swim. In the background, there are other children swimming and playing in the pool. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom left corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [320] and a photographer's stamp.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.302.19
