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| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier. |
| Date: | 06 12 1955 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman water ski behind a power boat on a Lake Mendota with downtown Madison skyline in the background. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Lake Mendota water skiers, Joanna (Josie) Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottfried Mayer, (523 Farwell Drive), and Jimmy Schneiders, son of Dr. and Mrs. E... |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Tia Nelson, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson, 3010 Oxford Road, dives into Lake Mendota. She was one of Madison's most outstanding young swimmer... |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Bette Sonneland and her children, Kim (age 3) and Kristin (9 months), enjoying Lake Mendota in a rubber boat near the home of Bette's parents, Dr. and Mrs.... |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Joanna "Josie" Mayer and her water skiing partner, Jimmy Schneiders, water ski side by side on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 01 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Instructor Doris Greene, at right, teaches swimming class to seven young women as part of the YWCA Winter Activities program. At the edge of the pool are (... |
| Date: | 01 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Instructor Patricia Patterson, 621 North Frances Street, teaches the correct technique for the side stroke to Alice Well, 2 Langdon Street, who is seated o... |
| Date: | 07 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14, gather the food they have helped cont... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children and youth in swimsuits, winners of various events of the Madison city swimming meet held at the B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona... |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach. |
| Date: | 08 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Beach scene at Lake Ripley showing three young women under an umbrella. |
| Date: | 01 12 1951 |
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| Description: | John Mallnowski, Milwaukee, a diver on the University of Wisconsin swim team, performs a full gainer. |
| Date: | 01 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Bob Feirn of Madison (left), Alvo Cherne of Milwaukee (center), and Jerry Smith of Kenosha, members of the University of Wisconsin Men's Swim Team who rate... |
| Date: | 02 18 1952 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest finalist Nancy Smith is shown wearing a bathing suit, and transparent rain coat, and holding an umbrella to port... |
| Date: | 03 19 1952 |
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| Description: | Five University of Wisconsin co-eds taking part in the "Ring the Bell" booth at the Campus Carnival that is sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Association ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Twelve children are shown in the water at the village beach at the start of the balloon race. A boy is standing on a raft behind the group, and the shoreli... |
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