Barton Springs and Deep Eddy

Year Published: 1940s

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This film, made by Austin Parks and Recreation in the 1940s, documents activities at Deep Eddy Pool and Barton Springs Pool. Scenes of children swimming, playing badminton and outdoor games, running races, and performing plays and puppet shows at an outdoor theater, likely Zilker Hillside Theater, are included. Footage of the park landscapes, pools, and bathhouses are also included. The bathhouse at Barton Springs was new construction at the time of this film and was modeled after Deep Eddy’s bathhouse, which was built as part of FDR’s Works Progress Administration.