A special post for the first day of summer! Before youth sports turned into a year-round industry, before spreadsheets tracked every swim split, there were neighborhood pools like Fairfax. Hidden behind the trees on Roberts Road, the Fairfax Swimming Pool was a...
Swimming Lessons, 1983 (Daily Photo)
From Patrick F. , Penned in 2009 "This is a photo I took of my daughter, Christina, in August of 1983, near her third birthday, at the community pool. She’d learned to swim while she learned to walk... "I have thirty years of memories of her. She was assertive and...
Girls in Vintage Swim Caps at the City Pool, 1976
In 1976, my entire 3rd-grade class went on a field trip to a YMCA swimming pool in Colorado Springs. I was so excited! It was going to be the best field trip ever. I didn’t have a swimming suit so the night before the big day my older sister Becky altered her bright...
Nana, Laura, Softball, Above Ground Pool (Daily Gen X Photo)
An above ground pool is the backdrop for this priceless picture of Laura and Nana, Early 1980s Laura, Her Nana and the Fab Above Ground Pool Laura L. sent me this photo of her with her Nana standing in front of an above ground pool. She wrote, "Me, with my Nana and my...
Sunburned
Sunburned is a Guest Post by Nicole The following memoir is by my dear friend Nicole who was born in the mid-1970s. Nicole has been a big encourager to me and my work on this blog. To host her story here means a lot to me. It took a lot of courage and honesty to share...
Family’s Lost 8 mm Memories, 1976-77 (Rocky View)
Frank went to a flea market in search of an 8 mm projector. He found one, and inside the case was a family's lost 8 mm memories from 1976 and 1977. He uploaded the vintage film to YouTube in 2013. It doesn't appear that anyone has laid claim to it yet. The collection...
Route 66 Blue Whale
My father lived for roadside attractions along the rural byways of America. He loved to take Sunday afternoon drives and he loved to take long trips across the country. Born in 1930, he was a member of the Silent Generation. He grew up during The Great Depression and...
Swimming, September 1968
Happy Fourth of July, America. We had a nice day swimming at my mom's place. We enjoyed blue Jell-O with whip cream and strawberries. My mom made her awesome pineapple upside down cake, which totally made up for the fact I boiled the hot dogs. I showed those buns...
Blue Lagoon Look-Alikes
Here is my latest Best of Flickr find. A couple of Gen-Xers swimming together in the Swansea Dam. They're Blue Lagoon look-alikes! The Blue Lagoon came out in 1980 and starred Brooke Shields (b. 1965) and Christopher Atkins (b. 1961). It was a scandalous film at the...
Jennifer and Heather, Friends Forever
[The Jennifer Chronicles] I found these pictures of Jennifer and Heather on Flickr. They were made available under the Blogger-share function, so I created a collage out of them. They chronicle the friendship of Heather and Jennifer, two girls who were born in the...
The Big Texan Inn and the Cadillac Ranch
The Big Texan Motel ...When that sun is high in that Texas sky I'll be bucking at the county fair. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I'll be there. -- From Straight and Amarillo By Morning Another summer has come gone. I'd be a liar if I didn't confess how sad it's made...
How a $50 blow-up pool will cost you a $1,000,000 before the summer is over
This is our $50 pool. It's 8 ft x 30 inches,but don't let this small size fool you. We had to buy this $40 umbrella to sit outside in the sun while we watch the kids swim. It's secured with a $30 stand. This was purchased after the $8 umbrella kept blowing away. This...