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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Truax cadets serving as lifeguards while swimming at Warner Beach. Left to right, standing: Karl Peters, George Toothill, John Fink, Norman Finazzo, John O...
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Men Sitting on Pier

Date: 1915
Description: Two men sit on a pier with a beach and several homes in the background.
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Melkman Family at the Seashore in Holland

Date: 1934
Description: Left to right: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman), mother Duifje Melkman, brother Harry Melkman, aunt Rebecca Veerman, sister Annie Melkman. They are...
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Brandels on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s...
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Mary and Edward Brandel on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mary Brandel and Edward (E.W.) Brandel wearing bathing suits relax on a beach during a vacation. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the backgroun...
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Beach at Copper Falls State Park

Date: 07 1940
Description: The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform.
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Swimming at the Bad River

Date: 07 1940
Description: Two boys and two girls swimming at the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. One of the girls is diving off the dock that also has a platform. In the backg...
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Madison's Vilas Park Beach

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach.
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Children on a Rocky Beach

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Description: View toward children playing on a beach among large rocks, with beach houses and trees in the background.
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Seaside Furnishings

Date: 1910
Description: A view of a row of cabanas abutting a beach, each with a wooden patio decorated with potted plants. The central cabana is furnished with a mirror, lamp, an...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

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Description: View along shoreline toward people relaxing on a beach lined with vacation houses. Groups of men and women are standing or sitting, some wearing street clo...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

Date: 1910
Description: View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water.
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Resort Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: A row of two-story cottages line a beach. To the right, two children are playing in and around a hammock hanging on a porch.
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Seaside Cottages

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Description: Two children pose for a portrait while standing along a shoreline next to a row of cottages. Several rowboats are pulled ashore, and people are on the cott...
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Wriests Beach

Date: 1915
Description: An elevated lifeguard station stands on the sand at Wriests Beach while people sunbathe on the beach and wade in the water. The sign on the lifeguard stati...
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Bathing Beach

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Description: Elevated view of people relaxing on benches in the foreground, and people sitting on the beach and wading in the water along the seashore.
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Sunbathing on the Beach at Coney Island

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Description: People sunbathe on a crowded beach along the Ohio River. A shaded pavilion stands on the beach at left and an American flag flies from a slide in the wate...
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Sunbathing at the Colonial Hotel

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Description: Men and women sit beneath umbrellas on the beach in front of the Colonial Hotel. In the background people are walking on an elevated boardwalk.
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Swimming and Playing on the Shore

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view across water towards couples, adults, and children sunbathing on the beach and wading in the water. In the distance is an establishment with ...

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