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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... |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing. |
| Date: | 08 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
| 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: | 07 20 1988 |
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| Description: | Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game. |
| 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: | 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: | 06 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nancy Keenan standing on a beach in a lifeguard swimming suit. She is one of 7 women lifeguards out of a group of 19 who patrol the Madison be... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men sit on a pier with a beach and several homes in the background. |
| Date: | 07 03 1946 |
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| Description: | View from B.B. Clarke beach of swimmers on a raft in Lake Monona ready to start a swimming race with people in the foreground watching from the shore. Race... |
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