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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/neonbubble/statuses/110561400690359432">Mark H (neonbubble@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 12:53:25 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@neonbubble" title="neonbubble@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/40713-48-20221126212538.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mark H" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mark H</a></section><article><p>Not my photos. Obviously.</p><p>Fell down an internet rabbit hole and ended up here at the Vintage Pool Party group on Flickr dedicated to vintage swimming pool imagery from the 1930s to 1980s. It's mostly from 50s and 60s American motel postcards and I love this design aesthetic that includes lots of great examples of Googie architecture with its then-futuristic style.</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagepoolparty/pool/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagepoolparty/pool/</a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vintage" rel="tag">#Vintage</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SwimmingPool" rel="tag">#SwimmingPool</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Googie" rel="tag">#Googie</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Architecture" rel="tag">#Architecture</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Postcard" rel="tag">#Postcard</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retro" rel="tag">#Retro</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nostalgia" rel="tag">#Nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1950s" rel="tag">#1950s</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1960s" rel="tag">#1960s</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Style" rel="tag">#Style</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/1670770#notice-3287085">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-06-20T12:53:25+09:00" title="Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 12:53:25 JST">Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 12:53:25 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@neonbubble/110561400690359432" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@neonbubble/110561400690359432">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1148476">A colour postcard for a motel, perhaps from the 1950s. The sky is blue with white puffy clouds. A lawn leads to a swimming pool with a low motel building beyond rising just for two storeys. A huge sign in Googie architecture style (futuristic, many fonts) rises from the building. "Sands" is in a brown cloud shape. "Motel" is brown but on a square background. "Restaurant" is smaller and on a green sign below that. A cinema style board below states "Now open swimming pool". All the signs are connected by a giant boomerang-style arrow pointing right. A few people are in the pool and a few others are sat on its edges with feet in, while on the lawn area in the foreground a few tables and chairs with large parasols for shade are occupied by women looking on.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/154/984/470/original/b9e6fc4e6e2d1d12.jpg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/154/984/470/original/b9e6fc4e6e2d1d12.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1148477">An indoor swimming pool on a 1950s postcard. The building has a slightly tapering roof with large support beams running its length. The pool beneath is is a squared dumbbell shape, and cross the thin central area is a small curved bridge. A woman stands on it looking down into the green pool water in which a half dozen people are swimming or standing and talking.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/571/009/063/original/00a4eb9ecc413be3.jpg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/571/009/063/original/00a4eb9ecc413be3.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1148478">A 1950s postcard showing a large indoor swimming pool. The flat ceiling is a blue and white checkerboard pattern. The area beneath contains a large pool, apparently not very deep as some people are standing up to their waist in water in the centre. Around the pool is a mosaic tiled surface filled with loungers, most of them occupied.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/960/183/289/original/b0d584e83fdc71fa.jpg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/337/960/183/289/original/b0d584e83fdc71fa.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1148479">A 1950s colour postcard of a motel swimming pool. A pool, mostly square but with a pointed corner is surrounded on two sides by the three-storey motel complex. It's a bright sunny day and there are a handful of people in the water and a few around its edges on loungers but there's not a lot of space. A flat wall facing us on the left contains a large seahorse design in pink with the words "Pavilion Motor Lodge" next to it.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/338/390/500/857/original/c77a47eff7666000.jpg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/561/338/390/500/857/original/c77a47eff7666000.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Mark H (neonbubble@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 12:53:25 JST Mark H
Not my photos. Obviously.
Fell down an internet rabbit hole and ended up here at the Vintage Pool Party group on Flickr dedicated to vintage swimming pool imagery from the 1930s to 1980s. It's mostly from 50s and 60s American motel postcards and I love this design aesthetic that includes lots of great examples of Googie architecture with its then-futuristic style.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagepoolparty/pool/
#Vintage #SwimmingPool #Googie #Architecture #Postcard #Retro #Nostalgia #1950s #1960s #Style
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