Freshman Swim Class, 1956, photo 2

This image shows a freshman swim class lined up at the edge of the pool at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in 1956. Swim classes were held in the Broome-Kirk Gymnasium, built 1955. Appalachian State offered courses for physical education majors in beginners and advanced swimming, but also offered recreational classes for freshmen and sophomore non-majors. This image appears in the 1957 Rhododendron (p. 45).

Students

Athletics

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Freshman Swimming Class October 24, 1956, C14.1.4.3

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1956-10-24

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Broome-Kirk Health and Physical Education Building (1955)

Series 7 -- Athletics

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