Water Polo, 1958

This image shows four students playing water polo with a volleyball in the swimming pool in Broome-Kirk Gymnasium, built 1955, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) on May 3, 1958. A handful of other students can be seen standing at the edge of the pool in the background. The Department of Health and Physical Education offered advanced and beginner swimming classes, as well as sponsoring the Flying Fish, an organization promoting recreational and intramural swim programs.

Students

Student Activities

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 5, Hand Service Jan.1958, C14.1.4.5.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1958-01

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Photographs

English

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1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Broome-Kirk Health and Physical Education Building (1955)

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.