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Ten Children Leaving for Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 10 kids leaving for Kiddie Camp lined up in front of a building. They are wearing dresses, bathing suits, and coats.
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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: Bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on the pier.
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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Manchester's Beach Apparel Display Window

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Manchester's beach apparel display window. 2-6 E Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's Beach Apparel Display Window

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Manchester's beach apparel display window. 2-6 E. Mifflin Street.
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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit.
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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: H.S. Manchesters Inc. display window (#4)featuring two mannequins in Jantzen bathing suits, and three posters showing women in Jantzen bathing suits. Sign...
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 1930
Description: The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months.
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Vacationers at Cabins

Date: 1931
Description: Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake.
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Smokey The Bear, Woodsy Owl and Kids

Date: 06 05 1989
Description: People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on.
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Boys on Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: Groups of boys on the Mississippi River shore undressing for a swim. Alma is visible across the river.
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Theta Chi Fraternity Members in front of Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Theta Chi fraternity members standing on the pier in front of the Lake Mendota Boathouse located at the foot of North Carroll Street. The boathouse was des...
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Swimming at the Cliff House

Date: 1878
Description: Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo...
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Barrel Race on the Lake

Date: 06 26 1909
Description: Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f...
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Jantzen Swim Suit Window

Date: 01 06 1954
Description: Jantzen swim suit display in the Hub Clothing Store window, 22 West Mifflin Street.
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Hughes Ladies Wear

Date: 06 19 1947
Description: Hughes Ladies Wear store front, 20 East Mifflin Street, showing entry-way and display window with mannequins wearing summer attire. Includes rubber mat in...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
Postcard

Brittingham Park Bathhouse

Date: 
Description: A colorized image of a girls' swimming class at the Brittingham Park bathhouse. Caption reads: "Girls' Swimming Class, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."

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