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Kiddie Camp Display Window

Date: 04 27 1934
Description: Three little girls, members of the Emerson Fresh Air school and the Longfellow Nutrition room, playing with puppies in the Capital Times Kiddie Camp...
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Swimming Pool

Date: 1930
Description: The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months.
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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Chulew Family Swimming at Schwartz's Resort

Date: 1959
Description: Chulew family (from left): Marcia, Natalie, and Manny at Schwartz's Resort.
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Cup & Saucer Restaurant

Date: 1938
Description: View down counter of women and men sitting and drinking beer or soda. Two men stand on the back left. One woman is wearing a bathing cap, and other women a...
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Brandels on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s...
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Magda Herzberger and Relatives at Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Magda Moses Herzberger (child at center) standing with relatives dressed in bathing suits in front of a resort in Turda, Romania.
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Swimmers

Date: 1910
Description: Vacationers wade at a beach near a row of what appear to be hotel buildings. Groups of people sit near boats onshore and a group of women sits at the end o...
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View Of A Lake With Fishermen and A Sailboat

Date: 1937
Description: Several people stand and fish off of a pier while a boy sits in a sailboat and another stands on shore. Trees and power lines are visible in the background...
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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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Gallop Inn Resort on Elk Point

Date: 1931
Description: Men and women, some in bathing suits, pose in front of the Gallop Inn Resort restaurant.
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Cormican's on Clam Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Standing outside of a cabin at Cormican's on Clam Lake is a man holding up a large fish and a girl in a bathing suit and cap holding a paddle.
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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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Float at Island View Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1930
Description: View across water of seven people wearing bathing suits on the float or wooden raft in Lake Owen at the Island View Resort. There is a large umbrella on th...
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White Pine Lodge View from Lake Owen

Date: 1935
Description: View across water of a man, woman, and two children on the shoreline of Lake Owen at the White Pine Lodge. There is a dock on the far left, and a two-story...
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Boats at Shoreline of Lake Owen

Date: 1938
Description: View of two people in a canoe on Lake Owen near White Pine Lodge. Just behind them is a swimming platform. In the foreground is a dirt path in the grass, ...

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