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Milwaukee Bathing Beach

Date: 1910
Description: Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191...
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Wading Woman with Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman in wide brimmed hat wading in water.
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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Sunbathers on the Lake

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Description: Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the...
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Swimmers Standing in Lake

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline.
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Children Standing on Pier

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Description: A group of children, possibly J. Robert Taylor's sons and daughters, playing on a pier. Three of the children are lined up in diving poses getting ready to...
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Women's Diving Lessons

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Description: A woman is standing in a rowboat in a diving position teaching four women in a lake how to dive. The rest of the women are in shirts printed with S.S.B.H. ...
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Men, Women and Children Playing in Lake

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of a small group of men, women, and children standing waist-deep in the water.
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Two People Diving

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Description: People diving from a pier into the water. On the right, a third diver is standing on the wooden pier.
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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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Oh, Be My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day postcard of woman sitting on the beach with Cupid standing behind her holding a quiver of arrows. She is wearing a bathing costume and cap....
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Bathing Beach, Near Tourist Camping Site, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 07 07 1928
Description: Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t...
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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor...
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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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Woman Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a woman wearing a bathing suit and hat holding up a heavy line full of fish caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake.

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Lakewoods Resort Diving Platform on Namakagon Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of men and children swimming around and diving off of a diving platform at Lakewoods Resort on Namakagon Lake. In the distance is the far...
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Harnsward Lodge, Little Cedar Lake

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Description: View across lake towards Harnsward Lodge, with a group of people in bathing suits sitting on the landing of the boathouse. Caption reads: "Harnsward Lodge,...
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High Diving

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Description: View from shoreline of a high diver standing on a platform at the end of a pier on Delavan Lake. People are standing on the pier watching the diver, and a ...
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Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view towards dock, and a diving platform at Camp Brosius. A sailboat, rowboat and canoes are in the lake. Several people are swimming or standing ...
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Bathing Beach, Ellison Bay

Date: 1919
Description: View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress...

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