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London Terrace Hotel

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Description: Elevated view of men and women preparing to jump from diving boards into an indoor pool at London Terrace Hotel. Other people are sitting on on the pool's ...
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Natatorium Swimming Pool

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Description: View of a natatorium swimming pool, which opened around 1888. Four people stand in the pool while other people stand around the edge. People are watching b...
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Wickett Island, Seen from Pine Tree Inn

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Description: Elevated view of people sunbathing and relaxing on the beach at Wickett Island, while others wade in the lake.
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Billie Sidell Holds Pierre Aloft

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Description: Billie (Violet) Sidell holds her sister Pierre Sidell aloft over her shoulder in a pose. They are posing outdoors on a shoreline wearing what appears to be...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 27 1952
Description: Group portrait of winners in the annual Madison swimming championships gathered at B.B. Clarke beach.
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Playing in Hawaii

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Description: Two men slide down a waterfall in Hawaii. One of them is Fred Niendorf, a friend of Lewis Arms.
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Lewis Arms in Swim Trunks

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Description: Lewis Arms poses in his swim trunks at Brittingham Beach.
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Lewis Arms Goofing Off with Curtis Taliaferro

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on the back of his friend Curtis Taliaferro, goofing around at Brittingham Park Beach.
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Woman and Child at Brittingham Park

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Description: View of a woman in a bathing suit and a toddler at Brittingham Park.
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Carol Commack Banks Sunbathing

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Description: Carol Commack Banks lays on the grass in her bathing suit, relaxing in the sun.
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1936
Description: A view of several people sitting and standing under a tree in front of a beach area at Devil's Lake State Park. People are swimming and wading in the water...
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The Beach

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Description: People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach.
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Rocky Coast of Bermuda

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Description: Elevated view toward a dwelling that overlooks a steep rocky shoreline over the ocean below. Several people walk along the sand.
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Bathing Beach in Bermuda

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Description: Elevated view of Bermuda shoreline. Several dwellings stand on top of the island and people swim in the ocean on the beaches below.
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Driftwood Cluttered Beach and Ocean

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Description: People stand and sit on a driftwood-cluttered beach. Several people swim in the ocean. Caption reads: "Scene on the Beach. Long Beach. Wash."
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University of Wisconsin Class of 1928 Reunion

Date: 05 22 1953
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 ...
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet.
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 10 1953
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.
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Swimming Lessons at Lake Wingra

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Sally Smith directs a group of beginning boy swimmers during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra.
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Swimming Lessons at Lake Wingra

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Instructor Mary Pew shows arm movements to a girls swim class during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra.

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