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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: Bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on the pier.
Postcard

Brittingham Park Bath House

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
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City Municipal Swimming Meet

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh...
Photograph

Swimming Meet

Date: 07 03 1946
Description: View from B.B. Clarke beach of swimmers on a raft in Lake Monona ready to start a swimming race with people in the foreground watching from the shore. Race...
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Madison City Swim Meet

Date: 08 07 1949
Description: One of the features of the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke Beach was the water ballet put on by these girls: left to right, Sharon Thompson, ...
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Madison's Vilas Park Beach

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Seated on the lifeguard's tower at the Maple Bluff swimming beach is Jerry Nesbit and Judy Kayser. Standing on the pier is Dick Ela. They are attending the...
Manuscript

Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Camp 1930

Date: 1930
Description: Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o...
Photograph

Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 24 1960
Description: Group portrait of champions in the Madison city swimming meet finals, each one a winner of one or more events.
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at ESBMA Picnic at Olbrich Park

Date: 07 27 1960
Description: Residents gather at Olbrich Park for the annual East Side Businessman's Association picnic. Families are invited to bring a picnic supper. The event includ...
Photograph

Beach Scene

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: View of a crowd of people, mostly in swimsuits, at what might be Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra. There is a concession stand in a building in the background. A...
Postcard

Bath House, Brittingham Park

Date: 
Description: View across water towards the bath house and bathing beach at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."

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