Night bathing at Colorado Lagoon (Long Beach), 1952

19 images. Night bathing at Colorado Lagoon (Long Beach), 21 June 1952. Leonard Park -- 17 years (Loyola High School senior); Albert Adams -- 17 years (Compton High School student); Harold Wiebenga -- 17 years (Wilton High School, Long Beach); Sally Conley -- 15 years (Monrovia-Duarte High School); Bob Hamilton -- 16 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school); Jim Martin -- 16 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school); Marilyn Anderson -- 15 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school); Joan Gunter -- 13 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school); Jane McLachlan -- 13 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school); Ricky Orren -- 14 years (Monrovia-Duarte High school).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1952-06-20. Reporter: Emery to rw. Assignment: Night bathing at Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach. 47: This batch of teen-agers from Monrovia-Duarte High School warm up by kicking feet in lagoon's ocean water (63 degrees). Left to right: Sally Conley, 15; Bob Hamilton, 16; Jim Martin, 16: Marilyn Anderson, 15; Joan Gunter, 13; Jane McLachlan, 13; Ricky Orren, 14 (all are members of beach party brought by parents Mr-Mrs. Jim (correct) B. Martin of 246 Linwood (correct) Ave, Monrovia). 92/94: Same batch of kids & more from Monrovia, with above named parents at right background, chomping watermelon around fire on north shore of lagoon. 36: Daytime swimmers at city's Colorado Lagoon, which is floodlighted till midnight 7 nights per week through summer with city lifeguards on duty. 70/71: Piers, floats and diving towers in big lagoon are relics of Olympic Games of 1932, which held swim and dive competition at lagoon. Bathers in foreground are sitting on one of concrete and tile piers. Background, right, is diving tower; background, left, shore used for night beach parties with bonfires in concrete rings. 38/39: Girls on paddleboards".; Caption slip continues: "59: Swimming in lagoon, two youths Leonard Park, 17, Loyola High School senior, 15202 Amantha Ave, Compton, and Albert Adams, 17, Compton High senior. 40/41: Same two climbing up ladder from water. Leonard Park on ladder, followed by Albert Adams. 41A: Daytime shot -- group using 3-meter (10-foot) springboard. Diver in air is Harold Wiebenga, 17, member of swimming team, Wilton High School (LB), doing back 1 1/4 somersault. 84/85/88: City lifeguards watch and patrol Colorado Lagoon's many acres of still-water swimming area until midnight. In dory are (standing) Lifeguard Pat Kiley and (seated) Lifeguard Don Robinson. 89: 6 girls showering after night swim. Night-lighted bathing area attracts families from LA region. City Recreation Commission supervises area. 38/39: Diver mid-air from springboard -- any old style goes. 70: 2 girls swimming on backs left is Miss Connie Damanti, 19, LA bank clerk; right is Miss Phyllis Allar, 19, L.A. bank bookkeeper".