In 1915, the Brooklyn Association dedicated its new Central building, known as "the largest YMCA in the world". Located on the block bordered by Hanson Place, Fort Greene Place and South Elliott Place, the building project was funded by generous gifts from donors such as Mrs. William Van Rensselaer Smith, members of the Pratt family and John D. ...
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In 1885 the Brooklyn YMCA dedicated its first purpose-built building, at 502 Fulton Street--the Brooklyn Central YMCA. The new building included a "swimming bath" 14 feet wide, 45 feet long and 5 feet deep that was reported to be the first swimming pool in a YMCA facility.
Created:
1880 - 1889
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The Fort Hamilton branch of the YMCA served soldiers stationed at this post on the westernmost tip of Long Island, guarding New York Harbor. The YMCA building, opened in 1925, Positioned between the Verrazano Narrows and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, it closed in 1938 and the building became part of the military structures within the f...
Created:
1930 - 1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Holiday Hills was part of the YMCA of Greater New York, providing opportunities for year-round outdoor activities in Dutchess County. This image shows teens tobogganing at Holiday Hills in the 1950s.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows a large group of factory workers around a woman seated at a small piano. The space in which the workers are gathered also houses numerous pulleys and belts, and the floor has newsprint scattered about. The workers include some boys in knickers.
Created:
1919
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows a large group of factory workers around a woman seated at a small piano. The space in which the workers are gathered also houses numerous pulleys and belts, and the floor has newsprint scattered about. The workers include some boys in knickers.
Created:
1919
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The P & S Club was part of the student movement of the YMCA in New York City at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. First established on West 57th Street, the club moved with the college to Washington Heights in the late 1920s, and occupied Bard Hall at 100 Haven Avenue until 1966, when the YMCA of Greater New York sto...
Created:
1940?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image depicts the Seamen's House YMCA building, which was dedicated to serving sailors. The building, located at 550 West 20th Street in Manhattan, was in existence from 1931 to 1967.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image depicts the Seamen's House YMCA building, which was dedicated to serving sailors. The building, located at 550 West 20th Street in Manhattan, was in existence from 1931 to 1967.
Created:
1930 - 1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows two people in the swimming pool at the McBurney branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. The woman is wearing a dark suit; both the man and woman are wearing swim caps.
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows 12 young women with bobbed hair standing before an unknown building with a column. Together they are holding a banner saying "Support Your Y.M.C.A." The women are wearing middy blouses, suspenders, bow ties, wide bottom trousers and tap shoes.
Created:
1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows 12 young women with bobbed hair standing before an unknown building with a column. Together they are holding a banner saying "Support Your Y.M.C.A." The women are wearing middy blouses, suspenders, bow ties, wide bottom trousers and tap shoes.
Created:
1925?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.