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Alvin Kraenzlein with Son on Beach

Date: 1912
Description: Alvin Kraenzlein standing on a sandy beach holding the hand of his toddler son. Behind them is the shoreline.
Postcard

Pavilion and Bath House, Bay View Beach

Date: 1918
Description: The pavilion and bath house at Bay View Beach. Bathers are walking in the shallow water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pavilion and Bath House, Bay Vie...
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Roscoe Arbuckle and Dog

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Description: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle sitting on a beach wearing a swimsuit and holding the tail of Luke the dog.
Postcard

Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort

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Description: Kodak photographic postcard of an aerial view of a lakeside resort with a large, sandy beach. Caption reads: "Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort, Heafford Junction...
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Running on the Beach

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Description: A family of four are running along a beach holding hands, all smiling at the photographer. The young boy is holding the leash of a black lab.
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Playing on the Beach on the Wisconsin River

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Description: View from rock cliff looking down at four girls standing on a beach in a square, throwing a beach ball to each other. The older girls are standing in the w...
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Returning to Shore

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Description: Four young men and women are standing in or around a motorboat beached on the sandy shoreline, with people swimming in the lake in the background. One woma...
Postcard

Public Bath

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Description: A bathing beach on an island near a bridge, with people in the water and on the beach within an enclosed area. A canoe and rowboat are pulled up on the sho...
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Peninsula State Park Beach

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View across beach towards three children squatting along the shoreline. A grove of trees is on a peninsula in the distance.
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Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

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Description: View across water towards a cliff face overlooking a beach and Lake Michigan.
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Paul Arms with His Mother

Date: 1964
Description: Baby Paul Arms playing in the water at a beach with his mother LuRay. His sisters Rita and Mamie are in the background.
Postcard

Thoma's Bathing Beach, Little Cedar Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of people swimming and standing in the lake. People are out in boats in the background. Caption reads: "Thoma's Bathing Beach, L...
Postcard

Just for Fun: Marty's Show Boat and Golf Course

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Description: Cartoon drawing of people playing golf and other games, relaxing, sitting on the beach and swimming and boating on the lake. The building in the center is ...
Photograph

Mary Griggs at Nassau

Date: 1950
Description: Head-shot of Mary Griggs (Burke) at the beach, Nassau, Bahamas.
Postcard

Donges Bay

Date: 07 25 19011
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuchs, The only natural Pine Grove within a 100 Miles of this City. The Grandest and Finest Ravines, at Donges Bay, and Fairy ...
Postcard

Summer Sports at Northernaire

Date: 08 22 1955
Description: Text on front reads: "Summer Sports at Northernarie, Three Lakes, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Northernarie Hotel and Spa. Three Lakes, Wis. Truly one of Ameri...
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty in Hawaii

Date: 1952
Description: Typewritten note on Royal Hawaiian stationery reads: "Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington D.C. war correspondent ...
Postcard

Greetings from Waukesha Beach

Date: 10 09 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Waukesha Beach. Bathing in the Surf." Children and adults wear Victorian bathing suits as well as regular clothing on ...
Postcard

Beach at Waushara Resort on Silver Lake

Date: 06 13 1955
Description: Text on front reads: "Beach at Waushara Resort on Silver Lake, Wautoma, Wis." View of a water slide in the lake from the shore. A tree and a pier with dock...

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