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Beach Scene

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing.
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Two Men in Bathing Suits

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Description: Two men in bathing suits pose for portrait. They have their arms around each other and are smiling.
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Vacationers at Cabins

Date: 1931
Description: Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake.
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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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Bathing Beauty Near High Rock

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Description: Woman in bathing suit posing on ledge. High Rock is in the background.
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Children Modeling Clothes

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of ten young children modeling the latest styles in clothes for children at a program presented by residents of the 2400 block at Truax Fiel...
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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-Madison Intercollegiate Regatta

Date: 05 17 1948
Description: Phyllis Wentorf, West Bend, at left, and Pat Andrews, Madison, center--both members of the Hoofers Sailing Club--are pictured with Rudy Haase, Milwaukee, a...
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Swimming Group

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Description: Three men and three women outfitted for swimming and fishing pose in a tree by a river. The man on the upper left is probably N.S. Samdahl, and the man bel...
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Co-eds On Pier

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Pictured on the shores of Lake Mendota are (left to right): Mary Jane Bray, a junior from Baraboo; Margaret A. Van Wagenen, a freshman from Wauwatosa, and ...
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Beach at Devil's Lake

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Description: Children and adults gather at Devil's Lake. Shown at the right is a large water slide.
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Four Madison Teenagers in Swimming Suits

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Four Madison teenagers at the Willows swimming beach as they await the opening of city beaches. Seated on the ground is Nancy Fitzgibbon. Nancy Roark is pe...
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Bob Trotalli, a recent graduate of West High School, has a summer job as a life guard at the Willows Beach on Lake Mendota. He is shown talking to Betsy Mi...
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Mrs. Preston E. McNall Jr. and Son Bruce

Date: 08 10 1949
Description: Mrs. Preston E. "Sandy" McNall Jr. holds her young son, Bruce, while on a beach. The McNalls are from West Lafayette, Indiana and are spending the summer a...
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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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YWCA Winter Activities

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Instructor Patricia Patterson, 621 North Frances Street, teaches the correct technique for the side stroke to Alice Well, 2 Langdon Street, who is seated o...
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Beach at Lake Ripley

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Beach scene at Lake Ripley showing three young women under an umbrella.
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University of Wisconsin Men's Swim Team

Date: 01 12 1951
Description: John Mallnowski, Milwaukee, a diver on the University of Wisconsin swim team, performs a full gainer.
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest finalist Nancy Smith is shown wearing a bathing suit, and transparent rain coat, and holding an umbrella to port...
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University of Wisconsin Class of 1928 Reunion

Date: 05 22 1953
Description: Children of the University class of 1928 put on a show for their parents' 25th class reunion that depicted scenes of the U.W. campus in 1928. Lucia Koltes ...

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