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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake. |
| Date: | 06 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| 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: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Private Edward Garbarszyle, with a football in his hands, is kneeling over Lorian Day demonstrating that games at the beach are sometimes not much fun for ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Lois Cook, Noreen Killiher, and Geraldine Clark having a snack on the beach and waiting one hour before they swim. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Pat Stevens is lying on her stomach, and Donna Arnold is checking her for the first signs of angry red indicating the first stages of a sunburn. |
| Date: | 05 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Linda Seed, lifeguard, is removing sand from the eye of John Hilhard with the help of Jackie Klopp, who is handing her an ampule of olive oil to soothe Joh... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Richard Straavaldsen floating in an inner tube in the water. |
| Date: | 05 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Lifeguard Georgia Haas is applying artificial respiration to Lewis Noonan at the beach. |
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