Permanent Collection Photographs and Postcards

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

85.22.217

85.22

Transferred from the City and Borough of Juneau.

Print, photographic

Evergreen Swimming Pool

01/01/1960

Horizontal black and white photo of the swimming pool in Evergreen Bowl (Cope Park). Man on proper right holding a bamboo pole is one of the life guards. Two women are in pool near the steps, one person is at the end splashing and a girl (woman) is climbing out . Two girls are walking along the edge toward the deeper end. Several people are watching from the outside of the fence. Building at the end of the pool is the dressing rooms.

The Evergreen Bowl swimming pool was dedicated in 1941. This outdoor pool was filled by water from Gold Creek. The water was unheated and changed once a week. In the mid—1950s, with financial aid provided by Augustus Brown's will, the project of building a new indoor pool began; though construction did not start until 1971. The Augustus Brown Pool did not open until February 1973. The Evergreen Bowl outdoor pool was closed in the early to mid—1970s. Today it is the location of Cope Park. The Evergreen Bowl Swimming pool offered swimming lessons, life guard training, and summer fun to Juneau residences. After the pool closed, it was filled in and playground equipment was built on top of it.


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