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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: | 05 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Children of the University class of 1928 put on a show for their parents' 25th class reunion that depicted scenes of the U.W. campus in 1928. Lucia Koltes ... |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet. |
| Date: | 07 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Anne Fakler, left, and Nancy Wynn poise for a practice swim during the city swim meet at B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Sally Smith directs a group of beginning boy swimmers during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Instructor Mary Pew shows arm movements to a girls swim class during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of nine girls test the water of Lake Wingra prior to beginning a swimming lesson. |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the eleven winners in the age 11 and under division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen champions of the 12 to 17 age division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 02 1953 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 06 16 1953 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd of people, mostly in swimsuits, at what might be Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra. There is a concession stand in a building in the background. A... |
| Date: | 07 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Ed Feiler towing his five youngsters on water skis across Monona Bay. |
| Date: | 07 03 1953 |
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| Description: | The five Feiler youngsters are towed on their water skis behind the boat driven by their father, Ed, on Monona Bay. |
| Date: | 07 03 1953 |
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| Description: | The five Feiler youngsters are posing on a dock with the tailor-made water skis that the family makes during the winter months. Left to right are John, 16;... |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Karen Jeffs of Alberta, Canada, plays in the sand at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Tom Carroll and his son Alan play in the water at the Vilas Park beach. |
| Date: | 02 14 1953 |
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| Description: | This may be a group portrait of men and women swimmers in costume swimming suits. They are sitting and standing on a stage. Some of them are holding signs ... |
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