This black and white photograph by David Hume Kennerly shows President Gerald R. Ford swimming in the new White House swimming pool for reporters on July 5, 1975. The swimming pool is located on the South Grounds of the White House and is different from the one built in 1933 during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, which was indoors and covered over in 1970 to become the Press Room. President Ford's first swim in the pool came just a few days earlier, on July 1.

This photograph shows the White House Swimming Pool before it was redecorated during the John F. Kennedy administration. The pool was photographed by Robert L. Knudsen on March 1, 1962. The indoor pool of the White House was built in 1933 during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eventually, in 1970, the indoor pool was converted into the White House Press Room. An outdoor pool replaced the indoor pool in 1975. Lorenzo Simmons Winslow designed the room with Douglas H. Gillette as an engineer.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White and their families in the White House swimming pool. They were invited to the White House following the successful Gemini 4 mission to space, which included 62 Earth orbits over four days and the first American spacewalk. The invitation followed their promotion by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel the week before at an event at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, and the visit included an overnight stay at the White House. This pool was installed during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was covered over during the Richard M. Nixon administration to create the Press Room.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel of the swimming pool was taken on March 2, 1965 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. The swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration. Scherschel took this photograph during a special tour for Congressional wives given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

This photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel is of the wives of congressmen on a tour of the White House on March 2, 1965. The tour was given by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson while the women's husbands were briefed in the Blue Room regarding the commencement of Operation Rolling Thunder. Here, the congressional spouses are seen visiting the swimming pool. Located in the West Wing, the swimming pool was built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was later converted to the Press Briefing Room during the Richard M. Nixon administration.