The USMS Website Wayback Machine
The USMS website has undergone several changes since its inception in 1996. There have been two wholesale redesigns of the website look and feel, plus a number of incremental changes in between the major redesigns. Click on the below links to see how it has changed.
1996 - The beginning
December 1998 - First Major Redesign
February 2005 - Second Major Redesign
January 2009 - Minor Updates
September 2012 - Minor Updates
I have only been swimming with USMS for four years so....
1) when the did the logo change, why, and who;
I believe the current logo was introduced in 2009.
The previous logo had been in use for at least 20 years. I may have documents at work that go farther back, but here is an example of it used on the cover sheet of the 1988 Short Course Nationals results.
I think the logo before that (mid-1980's) looked something like this:
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The USMS History & Archives committee would have more definitive information.
I have only been swimming with USMS for four years so....
1) when the did the logo change, why, and who;
I believe the current logo was introduced in 2009.
The previous logo had been in use for at least 20 years. I may have documents at work that go farther back, but here is an example of it used on the cover sheet of the 1988 Short Course Nationals results.
I think the logo before that (mid-1980's) looked something like this:
3656
The USMS History & Archives committee would have more definitive information.
