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Black and white photo of a vast beachy area including a bathing area scattered with people.
The Bathing Pool in Barry, South Wales (c. 1900-1910). (Photo: National Library of Wales)

Public pools begin to be built across the United States.

Date: 1900s

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The Bathing Pool in Barry, South Wales (c. 1900-1910). (Photo: National Library of Wales)

As part of the sanitation and health movements of the time, the pools are built in almost exclusively-white and middle-class neighborhoods.

Additionally, in segregated areas, the pools operate under a "whites-only" policy.