Carl Bontemps (kneeling on stand) addresses some of the 171 boys who registered for swimming instruction on the first day of lessons at the Crystal Lake Park pool. This was the original round pool; it has been remodeled twice since this photo was taken.
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This photo was published June 14, 1944 in the Evening Courier. It is one of many in the "CRYSTAL LAKE PARK SWIMMING POOL (URBANA, ILL.) envelope in the Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library.