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Motorboating

Date: 1955
Description: View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ...
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Couple on Pier with Water Skis

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier.
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Water Skiers

Date: 06 12 1955
Description: A man and a woman water ski behind a power boat on a Lake Mendota with downtown Madison skyline in the background.
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Water Skiing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
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...
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Tia Nelson Diving into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
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...
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Mother and Young Children in Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
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....
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Skin Divers Posing with Fish

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing.
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Water Skiers on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Joanna "Josie" Mayer and her water skiing partner, Jimmy Schneiders, water ski side by side on Lake Mendota.
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Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
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Swarthout Lakeside Park

Date: 1955
Description: A motorboat on Lake Neshonoc is speeding toward the public landing, where there is a car parked and a small group of people has gathered. A man in a swimmi...
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Swimming instructor Ann Sundt checking on swimmers in the shallow water at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Three girls running into the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Boys playing in the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Jimmy Pink, Steven Lee and Stuart Lee (left to right), all from Darlington, enjoy the crowded swimming pool. They are wearing masks and flippers.
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo...
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Summer Sports at Northernaire

Date: 08 22 1955
Description: Text on front reads: "Summer Sports at Northernarie, Three Lakes, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Northernarie Hotel and Spa. Three Lakes, Wis. Truly one of Ameri...

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