Garden City Telegram
People with fond memories of Garden City’s Big Pool, once billed as the world’s largest free, concrete, municipal swimming pool, may want to stop by the Finney County Historical Museum as part of their holiday shopping.
The museum’s gift shop is offering commemorative Big Pool T-shirts in two styles, as well as nostalgic 2021 calendars featuring approximately 45 photographs from the pool’s 97-year history.
The 8.5 by 17-inch grid-style wall calendars are $15 each and the quantity is limited. The picture page for each month includes a different collection of pool images, showing swimming, diving and poolside lounging, as well as people sailing, water skiing, paddle boating and ice skating on the pool surface. There is also at least one view of elephants from Lee Richardson Zoo frolicking in the water.