Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

About a week ago I wrote about a swimming pool in the neighborhood where I grew up and the pictures a friend of mine had from the 1950s of the pool being built. I’ve obtained the rest of those pictures and I’m posting them here for those who may be interested. If you’re from the Kettering, Ohio area and you want to know more specific information about each picture, leave a comment and I’ll reply to you.

Click the links for full resolution (very large) pictures.

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Tim and I want to reproduce as many of these pictures as we can this spring when the weather improves to show how much things have changed in half a century.

I found out last week that the area of modern Kettering where Indian Riffle Park is located was known as Oakdale. Looking at these pictures and seeing the trees around the pool, I can understand how the area got its name. Many of those trees still exist in the park today.

I took a handful of pictures of the snow from my driveway this afternoon for a friend, and I liked some of them enough to post them here.