Verity Park swimming pool

Reverse reads: "Butler Co., Middletown, O. Swimming pool at Verity Park. Aug. 10, 1936." This is a photograph of a swimming pool at Verity park in Middletown, Ohio. It was most likely one of 45 municipal swimming pools built by the Works Progress Administration. Middletown is located in Butler County, which is in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair's Defeat in 1791