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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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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Billy Wiedenbeck pushing Wally Britton into the water from a swimming platform.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Four WAC lieutenants posing on the rail of the life launch. From left to right are Virginia Harmon, Jane Dunning, Ardeth Cauble, and Helen Durr.
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Two Women in Bathing Suits

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Two women in bathing suits standing on pier.
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Women's Swim Suits

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Nanette Taylor, dressed in current fashion suit, is viewing Betty Lippman dressed in 1903 style swim suit.
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Madison Lifeguard Training Class

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: City of Madison Lifeguard Training class at the YMCA pool, 207 West Washington Avenue. Pictured are Alice Tiedeman ducking Bill Bailey under the water.
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Nancy Keenan on Beach

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Portrait of Nancy Keenan standing on a beach in a lifeguard swimming suit. She is one of 7 women lifeguards out of a group of 19 who patrol the Madison be...
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Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Scenic view of Lake Katrina at Girl Scout Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Several girl scouts are below in the distance on a pier, and in the sh...
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Jeannette Holt and the Garrisons Collecting Marine Life

Date: 1922
Description: Jeannette Holt (far left) is standing in the water near the shoreline with one foot up on a log. She is balancing a metal pail on her knee, which has a scr...

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