Part of my History

[cats4jan]

When I was a child, we would go to this Natatorium to go swimming.  Then my focus changed to the outdoor swimming pools provided at two nearby community parks and we stopped going there.  When thinking of my past, I researched this memory - the photos and information are from public Milwaukee history sites.  Milwaukee has a rich, interesting history.  I have been back to this neighborhood and the building is no longer there.  I realize they didn't have any idea what to do with it, but, still, I am sad the building was torn down.  Another piece of history - gone forever.

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[pontiac1940]

Apr 15, 2024 11:27:45 GMT cats4jan said:

Natatorium

Thanks for the page Janice. Nice history lesson.
And WOW! I have never heard of that word before. 
Thanks, 
Clive 

[Andy]

Apr 15, 2024 14:09:05 GMT pontiac1940 said:

I have never heard of that word before.

Nor I. Thanks for sharing Janice!

[cats4jan]

Maybe the term was a Midwest thing, however in searching for the term, it is defined exactly how it was used in Milwaukee. There were other public baths across the country.  I assume Natatoriums were a 'city' thing.  People in the country probably used the nearby streams and rivers for bathing.  Being a city girl, I don't have a clue what life in the country was like, but those rivers and streams had to be pretty cold in the winter  maybe they would have liked a nice, warm indoor place to bathe.