Photograph
Children at Brittingham Park
| Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole. |
| Image ID: | 11074 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1905 |
| Creator Name: | Brown, Charles N. |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Charles Newton Brown family papers, 1816-1994 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 103D.57 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 8 inches |
| Swimming was illegal in Madison until 1879. Despite city efforts to cover swimmers from "neck to knee" in an 1879 City of Madison ordinance and the construction of bathhouses on Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, swimmers preferred skinny-dipping. |
| Cities and towns |
| Children |
| Outdoor photography |
| Bathing beaches |
| Parks |
| Clothing and dress |
| Play |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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