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Tia Nelson Diving into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Tia Nelson, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson, 3010 Oxford Road, dives into Lake Mendota. She was one of Madison's most outstanding young swimmer...
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Madison City Swim Meet

Date: 08 07 1949
Description: Helen Wear, representing Maple bluff, takes part in the diving competition at the annual Madison city swimming meet held at B.B. Clark beach. Helen was on...
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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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London Terrace Hotel

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Description: Elevated view of men and women preparing to jump from diving boards into an indoor pool at London Terrace Hotel. Other people are sitting on on the pool's ...
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High Dive

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a diver who has launched himself from a high ladder supported by guy wires. The railing around a small pool is visible on...
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Bathing on Dock at Memorial Park

Date: 1935
Description: Boys and girls wearing bathing suits standing, swimming, or diving off of a large wooden dock into Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior on the beach at Memorial ...
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Dock at Bergland

Date: 1939
Description: View down long wooden dock. There is a diving board on the dock as well as ladders for people swimming. On shore are three parked automobiles and a few cab...
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Diving Tower at Lake Gogebic

Date: 1938
Description: View looking at people on the dock and diving tower on Lake Gogebic. Two boats are tied to the dock and buildings and trees are visible on the other side ...
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Swimming Platform

Date: 1933
Description: View of men, women, and children wearing swimsuits playing on and swimming near a wooden swimming and diving platform in a lake. In the distance is the far...
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Bathing Beach at Squires' Evergreen Retreat

Date: 1930
Description: Beach at the Squires' Evergreen Retreat. Two children stand at the top of the water slide while others play in the water.
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 29 1956
Description: Group portrait of the diving champions from the Madison Swimming Meet held at B.B. Clarke beach. Kneeling left to right: Cynthia Kohl, Richard Larson, Dan ...
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Swimmer Bridge Diving

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Description: View across river towards a swimmer, caught in mid-air, jumping from the railroad bridge. Two people are on top of the bridge looking down. In the backgrou...
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Diver Standing on Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a diver posing on the railroad bridge over the river. Another man is standing on the railroad tracks on the left. Buildings are o...
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Man Diving off Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a man (in motion) diving into a river from a set of logs floating on the water. In the background is a railroad bridge and the op...
Drawing

Scuba Diver Fishing Underwater

Date: 08 1963
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man wearing diving gear is fishing underwater. He is sitting on the lake bed among weeds with a worm on the end of his...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...

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