U-Drive-Em Boats (swimming pool) (1)

ca. 1953-1956

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U-Drive-Em Boats (swimming pool) (1)
  • Title
  • U-Drive-Em Boats (swimming pool) (1)
  • Date
  • ca. 1953-1956
  • Identifier
  • 20210105-hswp-0344
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_141_B066_F05_I08
  • Description
  • Two riders motor a boat through the swimming pool. In response to social tensions related to segregation, Kennywood made the pool into a U-Drive-Em Boats ride for three seasons, beginning in 1953.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Amusement parks--Pennsylvania.
    Kennywood Park (Pa.)
    Swimming pools--Pennsylvania.
    Amusement rides.
  • Source
  • Kennywood Park Records, 1895-2018, MSS 141, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Kennywood Park Records
  • Rights Information
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