Figure 1.-- We see a large children's wading pool in Seattle's Hiawatha park in 1923. The children seem to be having a good ime on a warm summer day. Not all of the children are wading. Strangely there is not an adultv un sught. Children were not as closely supervised as is the case today. It is very shallow, about ankle deep. There is all kinds of playground equioment in the background. We are not sure what the large building is. Only one of the children, a boy, seems to be wearing a swimsuit. One boy is even wearing long pants. One girl looks to be wafing in prunt rompers. We do not think, however, it is a romper suit. We see this a lot in England with girls runching up the skirt of their dress so as not to get the dress wet. Many of the boys are wearing knickers or overalls. We are not sure if these are actually overalls whch were a mostly rural garment or children's coveralls.

We see a large children's wading pool in Seattle's Hiawatha park in 1923. The children seem to be having a good ime on a warm summer day. Not all of the children are wading. Strangely there is not an adultv un sught. Children were not as closely supervised as is the case today. It is very shallow, about ankle deep. There is all kinds of playground equioment in the background. We are not sure what the large building is. Only one of the children, a boy, seems to be wearing a swimsuit. One boy is even wearing long pants. One girl looks to be wafing in prunt rompers. We do not think, however, it is a romper suit. We see this a lot in England with girls runching up the skirt of their dress so as not to get the dress wet. Many of the boys are wearing knickers or overalls. We are not sure if these are actually overalls whch were a mostly rural garment or children's coveralls.

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