The swimming pool at the Helen G. Nassif YMCA in downtown Cedar Rapids was recently closed indefinitely after a contractor accidentally dropped an industrial light bulb on the pool deck during ...
In the 1950s, men’s swimwear saw a significant shift towards shorter, tighter styles compared to the more modest options of previous decades. The popular silhouette became the “trunk” style, which ...
I have been trying to find this information for a while, but so far, nothing has popped up. I took swimming lessons with the YMCA in the 1950s, probably 1956 or 1957. I do remember where the old YMCA ...
Q: Why were the swim classes at the YMCA in Davenport in the late 1950s conducted in the nude? I know this is true of the male classes, but I’m not sure about the female classes. My adult kids think I ...
LOS ANGELES -- Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams's died early ...