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Utah summers are hot! Taking a dip in a cool pool on a hot day is a popular pastime for many Utahns, but in the 1920s, public swimming pools were hard to come by. Without access to a pool, kids in Sugar House would cool off during baking summer afternoons in the “Pen Pond,” located on the grounds of the Utah State Penitentiary.
The unsupervised Pen Pond presented a few challenges for the swimming children, including jagged rocks, rusty tin cans, broken glass, slimy mud, worms, and water spiders. In addition to the less-than-ideal aquatic environment, swimming suits were expensive – so, many kids simply went without. Some chose to skinny dip, while others created makeshift swimsuits by stretching and pinning their knitted, sleeveless undershirts.
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