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May 12, 1940: “The new swimming pool quickly proves its popularity among the members,” said the published caption showing the Madison Square Boys Club on East 30th Street in Manhattan. The photo was published by itself in the “Mid-Week Pictorial.” But an article a week earlier introduced the new club, built with a $400,000 donation. “Business leaders, wealthy financiers and other well-placed men apparently have a very soft spot in their hearts for street urchins,” it said. Photo: William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times
May 12, 1940: “The new swimming pool quickly proves its popularity among the members,” said the published caption showing the Madison Square Boys Club on East 30th Street in Manhattan. The photo was published by itself in the “Mid-Week Pictorial.” But an article a week earlier introduced the new club, built with a $400,000 donation. “Business leaders, wealthy financiers and other well-placed men apparently have a very soft spot in their hearts for street urchins,” it said. Photo: William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times

May 12, 1940: “The new swimming pool quickly proves its popularity among the members,” said the published caption showing the Madison Square Boys Club on East 30th Street in Manhattan. The photo was published by itself in the “Mid-Week Pictorial.” But an article a week earlier introduced the new club, built with a $400,000 donation. “Business leaders, wealthy financiers and other well-placed men apparently have a very soft spot in their hearts for street urchins,” it said. Photo: William C. Eckenberg/The New York Times

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