Sheppard School Open New Wading Pool [Published]

Photo caption that accompanied both photos: "NEW WADING POOL - The sixth wading pool on Kitchener school property constructed by the Kitchener Young Men's Club was opened yesterday at Sheppard School. Top photo [47-687_001] shows the children as they dashed into the water after Ald. Ainlay cut the ribbon. Below [missing from envelope] is a scene a few seconds later as the young girls and boys scrambled around the pool in search of candy tossed into the water by playground school and Young Men's Club officials."

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Title: Sheppard School Open New Wading Pool [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption that accompanied both photos: "NEW WADING POOL - The sixth wading pool on Kitchener school property constructed by the Kitchener Young Men's Club was opened yesterday at Sheppard School. Top photo [47-687_001] shows the children as they dashed into the water after Ald. Ainlay cut the ribbon. Below [missing from envelope] is a scene a few seconds later as the young girls and boys scrambled around the pool in search of candy tossed into the water by playground school and Young Men's Club officials."
Item description: Image of children in swimsuits running excitedly into a swimming pool.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
47-687_001 and photo missing from envelope appeared on Page 3 of the Saturday, August 9, 1947 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "New Pool Adds to Joy Of East Ward Tots."
Publisher: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 47-687
Identifier: 47-687_001
Date created: 1947-08-08
Date published: 1947-08-09
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8 x 10 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Subject(s): Children
Swimming
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Kitchener (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Sheppard School Open New Wading Pool [Published]. 47-706_001.