The swimming pool that once lay on Ward Manor property. Visitors and swimmers crowd around the water's edge and in the shade of the pool house. A woman standing on the diving board appears to deliver a speech.
In the spring 2005 issue of About Town magazine, Dorothy Crane writes about the 'pool by the falls': "The pool was an integral part of summer life at Bard for 20 years after the college acquired it. A green canopy of overhanging trees shaded the...
This postcard depicts another angle of the Blithewood pool. Acquired by Bard with the Blithewood estate in 1951, the college maintained the pool until the early 1970s. In the spring 2005 issue of About Town magazine, Dorothy Crane writes about the...
Color photo of the Williams Lake Hotel and lake with a diving board and dock. "View from Toboggan Tower showing part of Hotel, Lodge and Swimming and Diving Area." - letterpress caption from verso of postcard
All work on the Tappan Zee Bridge was done from barges floating in the river. A diver climbs a ladder after a trip to the bottom of the Hudson River, presumably to guide the activities of the pile driver workmen.
