National YMCA Aquatic Program button
date: label: date made
content: after 1938
name: label: Associated Name
content: Young Men's Christian Association
notes: label: Description
content: The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) first opened a pool in Brooklyn, New York in 1885. The YMCA aquatic program began in 1906, and a national program to teach children to swim started in 1909. The National YMCA lifesaving service orginated in 1912. In the late 1930s YMCA swimmers were marked as "minnows", "fish" and "sharks" based on ability.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: web subject
content: Civic Associations
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: Subject
content: Young Men's Christian Association
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.135
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.135
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, swimming
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in; x 1.5875 cm