By Oliver Beckwith, MHM Board Member
The building for the Monrovia Historical Museum is celebrating its centennial this year. Formerly the city’s municipal plunge, you can visit on any Thursday or Sunday and the docents will show you where the pool used to be. In the lobby you will find two display cases with photos and other plunge memorabilia, including the pool keeper’s record book. It’s open to the 1943 summer season page, and there, among the air and water temperatures, is a glaring reminder of Monrovia’s past. Along with the other data the word “Colored” is to be found. In that era young Black, Latino, and Asian people were only allowed in the pool on Mondays.
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