This week on Old Georgetown in Color, GM brings some color to a summer scene. It’s a photo of some boys swimming in the canal upstream from Georgetown. The Library of Congress dates the photo from somewhere between 1909 and 1919.
If it ever was safe to dive from Canal Rd. all the way to the canal, it sure isn’t anymore. You’d drive your head about three feet into muddy silt. While the canal was already on the decline when these boys gathered here, it was still running. So it was still being somewhat dredged.
Either way, this photo truly captures the incredible sense of freedom that only kids in summer ever really get to feel.
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