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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
Postcard

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....
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Seated on the lifeguard's tower at the Maple Bluff swimming beach is Jerry Nesbit and Judy Kayser. Standing on the pier is Dick Ela. They are attending the...
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Chicago & North Western Railway "Minneapolis" Menu

Date: 1889
Description: Menu from the Dining Car "Minneapolis" on the Chicago & North Western Railway, with an illustration of a child in shorts, a loose top, and a bonnet standin...

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