Burlington Iowa Crapo Park Swimming Pool Slide 1928 Postcard Posted White Border

This 1928 Burlington, Iowa postcard features Crapo Park’s swimming pool and playground slide during the interwar expansion of municipal recreation spaces.

Public parks in the 1920s increasingly incorporated structured leisure amenities such as supervised swimming pools, slides, and landscaped grounds, reflecting broader civic investment in health, recreation, and community life. In river towns like Burlington, well-developed park systems demonstrated municipal pride and progressive planning ideals, combining natural scenery with engineered attractions designed for families and youth.

The card presents a large swimming pool scene with bathers gathered in the water, a prominent fountain jet rising near the center, and mature trees framing the grounds. An inset view at upper left highlights the wooden playground slide, reinforcing the park’s role as a multi-use recreational space. The printed captions identify Crapo Park in Burlington and label both the slides and swimming pool, and the card is postally used in 1928 with a white border format characteristic of late 1920s production.

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