Description
A wide view shows a large outdoor swimming pool with many bathers and a sandy beach area in the foreground. Low buildings, a fountain in the pool, and a striped canopy structure appear around the recreation area. Trees form a dense backdrop beyond the park. The card is dated 1931 in the printed text on the back.
Front Text (verbatim):
GLEN ECHO PARK POOL AND BEACH
4A-H1270
Back Text (verbatim):
GLEN ECHO PARK, the free admission
amusement and recreational center located at
Glen Echo, Maryland, adjacent to the National
Capital reached quickly by De Luxe Capital
Transit Street Cars or via auto straight out
Massachusetts Avenue or Conduit Road auto
highway, is open each year from late in
May to the middle of September. It presents
more than fifty features and this very modern
Swimming Pool with Seashore Sand Beach.
Accommodations are provided for 4,000 per-
sons. Known as Crystal Pool, it is unique in
that it comprises a Swimming Area, Deep
Water Area, a separate Diving Basin and a
Kiddy Pool. Its water capacity is one-half
million gallons constantly circulating through
a battery of giant filters and since its con-
struction and operation in 1931 has main-
tained a 100% operating record with the
Maryland State Board of Health.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
