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Boys Play on the Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Keith Symon of 1816 Vilas Avenue (front) and John Hunt of 1813 Vilas Avenue (rear) building a sand castle at the Vilas Park beach on a spring day.
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Air Has Too Much Nip for a Dip

Date: 06 27 1957
Description: Lifeguard Sherwin Straus sits watching one fully-clothed person standing near the water on the lake shore beach on a day too cold to swim.
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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...
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Bathing Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 1954
Description: Color postcard view of a crowded bathing beach at Lake Wingra.
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Bath House, Brittingham Park

Date: 
Description: View across water towards the bath house and bathing beach at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."
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Bathing Beach on Lake Monona

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Description: View of a crowded bathing beach on Lake Monona. Blankets are spread out on the lawn.
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1934
Description: View of a Lake Michigan beach. Three girls are sitting on the sand in the foreground. In the background people are in the water. A steamer is on the horizo...
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Brighton Beach

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Description: View along shoreline of a bathing beach with many people on and near a pier. There are rowboats in the water on the right. Caption reads: "Brighton Beach, ...
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Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.
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Lonely Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall.
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Sand Script

Date: 1955
Description: Young girl at the beach writing her name in the sand.
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The Beach

Date: 09 1963
Description: Elevated view of a two people strolling on Algoma Beach.
Postcard

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

Date: 
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 ...
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Geneva Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Several people in bathing suits and casual wear are relaxing on a beach and in the water at a Geneva Lake beach. Several people are also sitting behind a r...
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Wisconsin's Children

Date: 1950
Description: Children are playing in the water and in the sand at a beach.
Postcard

Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Magnificent view of Lake Michigan shoreline from Racine Harbor to Wind Point Lighthouse. Photo Courtesy RAMAC." Aerial view of Racine Har...
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The Beach at Pinewood Lodge

Date: 08 16 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela...
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North Beach at County Park

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "North Beach at County Park on Shawano Lake, Shawano, Wis." A giant water slide and hut can be seen in Shawano Lake at the beach. Swim...
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wis." A scene of a beach in autumn with canoes tied up to a pier. Two people relax on the shore with a chair ...

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