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Monona Lake Assembly
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Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small buildings with tables and chairs. In the background is a shoreline with a boat on the lake near a pier.
1886
Curtiss, E. R. (Edwin Rodney), 1836-1906
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Summer's End
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Swimmers in Lake Monona
1897
Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shoreline looking on as others swim in the lake.
