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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A man and three boys in swimming suits at the beach. Presumably, Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of the mouth of Chapel Gorge Beach showing a canoe at the shore. |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing. |
| Date: | 06 21 1957 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ... |
| Date: | 02 08 1935 |
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| Description: | Women preparing for a picnic at the beach with their International C-1 wood-paneled ("woody") station wagon. |
| Date: | 06 18 1931 |
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| Description: | Bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on the pier. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months. |
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| Description: | Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago. There is a board sidewalk on the left. A sailboat is out on the lake on the right near the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Bay View Beach, with several boats in the foreground, and buildings behind them. Caption reads: "Bay View Beach, Green Bay, Wis." |
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| Description: | A colorized image of a girls' swimming class at the Brittingham Park bathhouse. Caption reads: "Girls' Swimming Class, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
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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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a crowd on the beach. The amusement park "The Pike" can be seen in the background, which was home to The Jack Rabbit Racer, which at the time was t... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Carol Ann Nelson and her sister, Patty, observing the sign stating the hours that lifeguards are on duty at the beach. |
| Date: | 08 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Four WAC lieutenants posing on the rail of the life launch. From left to right are Virginia Harmon, Jane Dunning, Ardeth Cauble, and Helen Durr. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh... |
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