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Letter from Kennywood to Somerton Springs

January 20, 1949

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Letter from Kennywood to Somerton Springs
  • Title
  • Letter from Kennywood to Somerton Springs
  • Date
  • January 20, 1949
  • Identifier
  • 20210510-hswp-2061
  • Description
  • A letter from A.B. McSwigan of Kennywood to Vernon D. Platt of Somerton Springs, asking about their implementation of a membership system for the pool. McSwigan asks about practicalities concerning waiting periods and how visitors deemed "undesirable" can be kept from using the pool. Creating a membership system was a method organizations used to exclude non-white patrons from their swimming pools during the mid-20th century.
  • Type
  • text
  • Source
  • Kennywood Park Records, 1895-2018, MSS 141, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Series
  • I Administrative Records 1906-2018
  • Subseries
  • 2 Swimming Pool 1923-1973
  • Container
  • Box 29, Folder 9, Item 1
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Kennywood Park Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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