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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene from YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Left to right: John Kaiser, David Williamson, and Mark Foster, standin...
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I Go For You Head Over Heels My Valentine

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Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with a girl in a yellow and purple bathing suit and cap, diving into the water. Seagulls fly behind her. The text reads: "I Go...
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Two Men in Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Two men in swimming suits shake hands while standing in thigh deep water.
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Bathing Beach, Near Tourist Camping Site, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 07 07 1928
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...
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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
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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Swimming on Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the swimming pool on top of the mounds in Blue Mounds State Park. There are people swimming as well as standing around the si...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: Maid Marion, played by Bonnie Burmeister, lures Friar Tuck, portrayed by Robert Becker, during a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club ...
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The Slide at Pease Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A large slide at Pease's Resort on the shore of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. Children are in the water near stairs that go up the hill.
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of family members dressed in bathing suits, sitting on rock strewn incline in front of a cottage. One man is dressed in trousers and sh...
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Group on Lakeshore

Date: 1910
Description: Two boys in swimsuits and two well-dressed men pose beside a rowboat which has been pulled up on the sandy shore of, most likely, Lake Mendota.
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
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Flight Nurses in Training Pool

Date: 1943
Description: Six female flight nurses in a swimming pool during aquatic training at the at Alameda Naval Air Strip. Four of the women are in a raft, and two women are i...
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Meskans on East Lake

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of a woman wearing a bathing suit sitting on the dock in front of a cabin. Five people stand on the porch of the cabin looking out over the...
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Lakeside Scenes

Date: 09 19 1932
Description: Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a...
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People on Dock at Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: One woman stands on shore at Log Cabin Lodge looking at the photographer. Eight people sit on the dock, while two men are standing in Lake Millicent. Three...
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Log Cabin Lodge, People on Dock

Date: 1938
Description: Nine people and one dog on the dock at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. One man is swimming on the far side of the dock. The shoreline and three boats a...
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Boys Swimming at Red Arrow Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Three boys stand together in Deep Lake with four boats pulled up on shore behind them. On shore three women sit on a bench outside the Red Arrow Resort.
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Boys with Horses at Red Arrow Resort

Date: 1934
Description: Three boys wearing swimsuits with two horses on the shore of Deep Lake with wooden row boats behind them. The Red Arrow Resort is visible on the left.
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People at Red Arrow Resort

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Description: Three women, a dog, and two boys wearing swimsuits sit in front of the Red Arrow Resort building. Four wooden row boats are pulled up on the shoreline of D...
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Log Dam at Mirror Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view over dam and waterfall of a man in a bathing suit walking in the placid and shallow water above the dam. Behind him a boat is tethered along ...

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