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Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
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City Municipal Swimming Meet

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh...
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South Shore Beach

Date: 07 31 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals along South Shore Beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Some individuals are swimming while others are sitting on the grass and sand. ...
Postcard

Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
Photograph

The Beach and Ocean

Date: 1910
Description: View toward people relaxing on a beach under umbrellas and other people wading in the water. On the right a woman is walking down a boardwalk to get to the...
Postcard

Upper Nemahbin Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Upper Nemahbin Lake, with parked cars at the base of a hill in the foreground, and people boating and swimming. Ca...
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Bathing Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 1954
Description: Color postcard view of a crowded bathing beach at Lake Wingra.
Postcard

Municipal Swimming Pool

Date: 1933
Description: Text on front reads: "Municipal Swimming Pool, Richland Center, Wis." A man dives from the diving board on the tower. Many people are swimming in the water...
Postcard

Bathing Beach

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Sheboygan, Wis." View from water towards a large beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline. There is a crowd on the sand an...
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Bird's Eye View of Wonderland

Date: 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Wonderland." This amusement park had many names over 34 years, and was called Wonderland from 1905 to 1909. It was...

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