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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a boy diving into the river from a large rock, while others are awaiting their turn to jump. Several boys are already swimming in the wate... |
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| Description: | A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth... |
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| Description: | A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim... |
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| Description: | Three women and two men in swimming suits wade in the river, while two women sit in a rowboat on shore, possibly the Matt Olson farm campground. |
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| Description: | Ten young men in swimming suits pose in a line on a riverbank. |
| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| Description: | The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform. |
| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background. |
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| Description: | A group of youth sits on a shoreline along the Red Cedar River while others swim and boat. A stone structure stands in the center of the river and foreste... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement." |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view looking down at two men undressing to go skinny dipping in the river. A man wearing a suit is standing smiling between them, and two... |
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| Description: | Every macho-mind knows exactly what and where it is — up front, smoking hot, born to circumstance, savage watchman of the several thousand Rights |
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| Description: | View towards a group of men, women, and children wading in shallow water. The far shoreline has a steep bank, with a fence and trees. |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of an elevated view of a nude man standing on a rock bluff along a river, two men standing in the water below, and another man in mid-air j... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of an outdoor view of two nude men and three boys standing on a rock formation above a river. Identified as the swimming hole in the Black ... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three women, two men, and a boy sitting in the shallow water near a shoreline. |
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| Description: | A group of children and adults swimming and playing in the water of the Wolf River next to their blue houseboat docked at the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Municipal Bathing Beach. Watertown, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a bathing beach on the Rock River. Many swimmers are in the water... |
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