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Young Couples Load Boat onto Trailer at Lake

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Description: Color advertising photograph of two young couples loading a boat onto a trailer pulled by an International Scout pickup.
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Profile Rock at Farwell Point

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Description: View of the shoreline of Lake Mendota and Profile Rock at Farwell Point.
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Field and Trees Surrounding Demien Lake

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Description: A grassy field and trees near Demien Lake, part of the "greenbelt."
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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...
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: Ed Feiler sits at the wheel of his Falls Flyer "Fireball" boat on Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: Ed Feiler towing his five youngsters on water skis across Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: The five Feiler youngsters are towed on their water skis behind the boat driven by their father, Ed, on Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: The five Feiler youngsters are posing on a dock with the tailor-made water skis that the family makes during the winter months. Left to right are John, 16;...
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Fishermen ranging in age from seven years to over seventy cast from the breakwater at Tenney Park.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Boaters passing by through the Tenney Park lock in three motor boats.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Tom Carroll and his son Alan play in the water at the Vilas Park beach.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Jimmy Yerges fishing on the breakwater at Tenney Park.
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Conklin Park Parade

Date: 07 08 1954
Description: Dale Morfey rides his gaily festooned tricycle while pulling a jumbo-sized stuffed elephant in the children's parade at Conklin Park.
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Final Standings for the Mendota Yacht Club Announced

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Portrait of Jim Maloney, winner of the C Class division of the Mendota Yacht Club Saturday Pre-Season Series sailing races.
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Final Standings for the Mendota Yacht Club Announced

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Portrait of Dick Ela, winner of the Mendota Yacht Club Sunday Pre-Season Series sailing races.
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Madison Speed Skating Champs

Date: 01 29 1956
Description: Group portrait of winners in the girls division of the Madison speed skating finals at Vilas Park. Front row, left to right: Kristine Thomas, Alice Jean D...
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Madison Speed Skating Champs

Date: 01 29 1956
Description: Group portrait of the winners in the boys division of the speed skating championship races at Vilas Park. Front row, left to right: Mike Bailey, Jim Sperli...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 1895
Description: View from boat towards the waterfront at Lake Geneva with the Whiting House Hotel on the left and the pier extending to the right. A large sidewheel steamb...
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YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...

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