See photos of the former pool at 21st and M streets, which served Lincolnites for more than 50 years before it closed in the 1970s.
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1961
"Water safety" is the caption on this image from 1961.
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1962
The Nebraska State Capitol Building stands in the background of this 1962 photo.
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1972
The Lincoln Municipal Pool closed in the 1970s, but the building, pictured here in 1972, remains.
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1960
The boys 10 and under 200-yard relay was held Aug. 7. 1960.
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1920s
No shirtless men, but plenty of top hats, were in this photo from "around 1925."
Lincoln Municipal Pool - 1963
"POPULAR PLACE … Municipal pool crowded in 100-degree heat" reads the caption in this photo from June 1963.
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