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Title
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White Bathing Beach
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Date
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1918 (opened)
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1925 (closed)
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Description
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White residents of Washington enjoyed swimming in the Tidal Basin as early as the 1880s. In 1918, the district office of buildings and grounds added buildings to make the beach more enjoyable, like a cabana and diving platform. Like other recreational areas in DC, the part of the beach with buildings and diving structures was white-only. The Tidal Basin beaches closed in 1925.
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Original Format
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photograph
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Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View original.
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Coverage
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1920-1949
