The directors of a not-for-profit sports club say they want to take on a town's 1930s swimming baths and reopen them with a range of sports facilities. The Flag Lane Baths in Crewe, Cheshire, have ...

Oklahoman Fred Newton swims down the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on his way to New Orleans from the Ford Dam in this July 1930 clipping from the St. Paul Dispatch. (Pioneer Press files) ...

The distant relationship between Black Americans and water is still as prevalent today as it was in the early 20th century. Swimming pools grew popular and began to expand across the United States in ...