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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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Bradford Beach

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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Esther Eloise McGilvra, as a Swimmer

Date: 1905
Description: Esther Eloise McGilvra, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a swimmer, next to a wooden diving board. Part of a yearbook created...
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Summer Fun

Date: 08 10 1964
Description: A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day.
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Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
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Two Women Near Campers

Date: 04 07 1968
Description: Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
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Coronet Magazine Display Window

Date: 07 22 1944
Description: Coronet magazine display in the window of Rennebohm Drug Store #10, 676 State Street. "Read about Wisconson's Ranger Mac (WHA radio personality Wake...
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Swimming Pool

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, located at 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, also known as Edenfred. Two women are relaxing at the swimming pool. One woman is sitti...
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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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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Helen King in New Rubber Bathing Suit

Date: 01 31 1934
Description: Helen King, side view, modeling a 1934 rubber bathing suit, made by U.S. Rubber Co. She is also wearing a bathing cap and sandals, and is holding an inflat...
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Miss King in Rubber Bathing Costume

Date: 01 31 1934
Description: Helen King, rear view, modeling a 1934 rubber bathing suit, made by U.S. Rubber Company.
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Lunch at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Children sitting at a table and having lunch at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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Children in a Big Sandbox

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: A large group of children plays in a sandbox at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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Weiner Roast at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 29 1933
Description: Kiddie Camp children around campfire, watching frankfurters roast in a pot over the fire, tended by Oswald B. Neesvig, president of Madison Packing Co. Mos...
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Children at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: A group of children around a picnic table posing while doing crafts at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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Girl Showering in Bathing Suit at Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Young girl in bathing suit standing under the shower at "The Capital Times" Kiddie Camp.
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Five Boys and Diving Apparatus

Date: 07 13 1933
Description: Five boys experimenting with diving apparatus on a diving raft. Left to right: Lyell Tullis, Edgar Tullis, and Jerry Randall fixing the diving head gear, w...

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