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Post by cats4jan on Apr 15, 2024 11:27:45 GMT
When I was a child, we would go to this Natatorium to go swimming. Then my focus changed to the outdoor swimming pools provided at two nearby community parks and we stopped going there. When thinking of my past, I researched this memory - the photos and information are from public Milwaukee history sites. Milwaukee has a rich, interesting history. I have been back to this neighborhood and the building is no longer there. I realize they didn't have any idea what to do with it, but, still, I am sad the building was torn down. Another piece of history - gone forever. Layout designed in 2021.  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 15, 2024 14:09:05 GMT
Thanks for the page Janice. Nice history lesson. And WOW! I have never heard of that word before. Thanks, Clive |
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Post by Andy on Apr 15, 2024 22:19:58 GMT
I have never heard of that word before. Nor I. Thanks for sharing Janice! |
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Post by cats4jan on Apr 16, 2024 0:46:28 GMT
Maybe the term was a Midwest thing, however in searching for the term, it is defined exactly how it was used in Milwaukee. There were other public baths across the country. I assume Natatoriums were a 'city' thing. People in the country probably used the nearby streams and rivers for bathing. Being a city girl, I don't have a clue what life in the country was like, but those rivers and streams had to be pretty cold in the winter  maybe they would have liked a nice, warm indoor place to bathe. |
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maybe they would have liked a nice, warm indoor place to bathe.