White House Swimming Pool, Kennedy Administration

This photograph shows the White House Swimming Pool before it was redecorated during the John F. Kennedy administration. The pool was photographed by Robert L. Knudsen on March 1, 1962. The indoor pool of the White House was built in 1933 during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eventually, in 1970, the indoor pool was converted into the White House Press Room. An outdoor pool replaced the indoor pool in 1975. Lorenzo Simmons Winslow designed the room with Douglas H. Gillette as an engineer.