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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View toward people relaxing on a beach under umbrellas and other people wading in the water. On the right a woman is walking down a boardwalk to get to the... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An elevated lifeguard station stands on the sand at Wriests Beach while people sunbathe on the beach and wade in the water. The sign on the lifeguard stati... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward men, women and children relaxing and sunbathing on the beach. A few people are wading in the water. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View along boardwalk, with people sitting, and other people walking. Buildings are along the left, and on the right is a lifeguard tower that looks down o... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large crowd of people gathered on the boardwalk. In the background people are walking on the beach, and walking and swimming in the ocea... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | People crowd the boardwalk at Tenth Street, entering and exiting the shops at left. On the right people are sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sur... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along beach toward sunbathers sitting and walking along the seashore. A line of automobiles are parked alongside the beach, separated from the sand by... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men in swimming suits shake hands while standing in thigh deep water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Production still of the Keystone pool. On the far left is Mack Sennett, coatless, in derby and suspenders. On the far right is Adam Kessel, coatless, in a ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Six women and girls are reflected in the water as they model their swimming costumes on the beach. Another woman observes from behind. The caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Alvin Kraenzlein standing on a sandy beach holding the hand of his toddler son. Behind them is the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The pavilion and bath house at Bay View Beach. Bathers are walking in the shallow water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pavilion and Bath House, Bay Vie... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards a boathouse on the shore, with groups of people sitting and standing on the platform in front. A group of people are in a rowboat ne... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Lillian Wheeler is wading in Archibald Lake. She may be holding the hand of Jeannette Holt. There is another girl who is wearing bloomers, which may be Ele... |
| Date: | 09 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Sitting in galvanized wash tubs with their legs in the water, three girls are ready for the race on Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt is in the middle, flanke... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View towards a group digging for fresh water mussels in Archibald Lake. From left to right: a woman waist-deep in the water; a boy holding onto the side of... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a line of Holt children and others who are playing with a long log in Archibald Lake in front of the Bath House. Jeannette Holt i... |
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