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| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Sally Smith directs a group of beginning boy swimmers during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Instructor Mary Pew shows arm movements to a girls swim class during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of nine girls test the water of Lake Wingra prior to beginning a swimming lesson. |
| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor... |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Beach Boulevard, a boardwalk-like street with gift shops and carnival events facing the beach and harbor. Crowds of people are on the si... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Canoes and lawn chairs at the shore of Upper Eau Claire Lake. Caption reads: "Big Eau Claire Lake From Taylors Cabins, Drummond, Wis." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A weathered building stands on a beach, possibly in the state of Washington. A Falstaff beer sign is painted on its side. There is a bridge or viaduct in t... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay... |
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| Description: | Two women strike a pose on the beach wearing bathing suits. One woman wears a bathing cap, the other a headband. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Beach at the Squires' Evergreen Retreat. Two children stand at the top of the water slide while others play in the water. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Shows Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, and parts of Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Jefferson, Walworth, and Racine counties. Includes indexes of "Cities, Town... |
| Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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| Description: | The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Small child standing on the shoreline of a sandy beach, looking out at the waves, at Terry Andrae State Park on Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | This map of Superior shows many points of interests including camping, fair grounds, docks, tourist attractions, lakes, roads, and waterways. |
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