YMCA Swimming Award Pin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
name: label: associated institution
content: Young Men's Christian Association
notes: label: Description
content: YMCA basic level swimming award lapel pin. 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 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: web subject
content: Civic Associations
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Col. Donald A. Seibert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0210.17
label: accession number
content: 1986.0210
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0210.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm