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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Water Skiers

Date: 06 12 1955
Description: A man and a woman water ski behind a power boat on a Lake Mendota with downtown Madison skyline in the background.
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Skin Divers Posing with Fish

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing.
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Water Skiers on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Joanna "Josie" Mayer and her water skiing partner, Jimmy Schneiders, water ski side by side on Lake Mendota.
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Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Girls scouts boating on Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured pushing the rowboat is Mary Lou Steinike. In the rowboat from l...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Swimming Class at Tenney Park

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Pictured at Tenney park are Sun Prairie children receiving swimming instruction from Mrs. Mildred Schwieten, standing in the water at the left, and Don Hei...
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Two Girls at Willows Beach

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Group portrait of Louanne Roberts, at left, and Marilyn Jones, at right, pictured at the Willows Beach which officially opened for the summer. Both girls p...
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University of Wisconsin Students Play on Canoe in Lake Mendota

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim.
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Bis Sitting in Shallow Water

Date: 1918
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones sits in the water at the edge of a lake, probably Lake Monona, wearing inflatable water wings.
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Shorewood Hills Swim Team

Date: 08 10 1949
Description: Group portrait of six members of the Shorewood Hills swim team, winners of the annual Madison city swimming meet. The girls, sitting on the rock, from left...
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Maple Bluff Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Twelve children are shown in the water at the village beach at the start of the balloon race. A boy is standing on a raft behind the group, and the shoreli...
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 10 1953
Description: Anne Fakler, left, and Nancy Wynn poise for a practice swim during the city swim meet at B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona.
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Swimming Lessons at Lake Wingra

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: A group of nine girls test the water of Lake Wingra prior to beginning a swimming lesson.
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Group on Lakeshore

Date: 1910
Description: Two boys in swimsuits and two well-dressed men pose beside a rowboat which has been pulled up on the sandy shore of, most likely, Lake Mendota.
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University of California Crew

Date: 06 10 1954
Description: Members of the University of California male varsity crew stand on a pier at the shore of Lake Mendota.
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University of California Rowing Crew

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Nine men from the University of California rowing crew are holding eight oars while standing on a dock on the University of Wisconsin campus. Posing in the...

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