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South Park PA: View of the second slide and people having fun at the South Park Swimming pool. The philosophy of recreation in the '20s and '30s was different than it is today. The differences between the haves and the have-nots of society were understood differently, and the county parks were called "the people's country clubs," bringing to poorer people the same recreation that the wealthy paid for at private clubs: golf, tennis, swimming, picnicking. The parks offered common folk...
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