Tag Archives: Swimming pools
William Powell’s swimming pool
How’s this for a backyard pool? It belonged to William Powell. It was installed in the dream house he built at 809 N. Hillcrest Rd, Beverly Hills in the mid-1930s. His next-door neighbor was actor Richard Barthelmess, who got his … Continue reading
Bimini Baths spa and plunge (public swimming pool) at Third and Vermont, Los Angeles, early 1900s
In 1903, Dr. David Edwards opened the Bimini Baths, a spa and “plunge” (public swimming pool) built on a natural hot spring on Bimini Place in what is now Koreatown. The Bimini Baths burned to the ground in 1905 and … Continue reading
Taking a dive into the Garden of Allah hotel pool, 1928
A fan of my Facebook page, Michael Newman, just sent me this photo of his father taken when he was 15 years old, back in 1928. Here he is taking a dive into the pool at the Garden of Allah. … Continue reading
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Rear of the Garden of Allah hotel and swimming pool
A great shot of the back of the Garden of Allah’s main building looking out over the infamous pool where many a famous behind fell in fully clothed…or not.
Garden of Allah’s pool rumored to be in the shape of the Black Sea
A shot of the Garden of Allah’s pool mostly famously rumored to have been built by Alla Nazimova in the shape of the Black Sea in Yalta where Nazimova was born. Who knows she really did, but it makes for … Continue reading
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A composite photo of the pool at the Garden of Allah.
A composite photo of the pool at the Garden of Allah.