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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Three women attending the Republican Centinnial Birthday party are shown in period fashions in the style show associated with the celebration. Shown left t...
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Golfer's Lift at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Young man operating a lift for two golfers at the Blackhawk Country Club. Their golf bags are in the cart beside them.
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Boat rescue crew member, James Crary, is dashing down the pier from the U.W. Lifesaving Services facility to board the rescue boat," Isabel III," to help a...
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Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock.
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly assists his wife, Inez, in the serving line at the city officials and staff picnic hosted at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's summer h...
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YMCA Camp Water Fight

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Youth having a water fight in Lake Mendota at a YMCA camp.
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: Alderman Ivan Nestingen, Alderman Archie Simonson, and Alderman Paul Lorenz sharing a joke while holding plates of food at the Borchers Beach summer home o...
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Motor Boat on a Lake

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: Boat owned by the dentist, Dr. Oliver Donkle, with people on board. There is an American flag by the stern.
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Fashion Photograph

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Fashion photo for Woldenberg's taken on the Edgewater Hotel Pier located on Lake Mendota at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. A woman in a striped dress, dark h...
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Swimming instructor Ann Sundt checking on swimmers in the shallow water at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Three girls running into the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Boys playing in the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Bob Lake and Dick Wills, holding their sticks up, stopping abruptly in pursuit of a hockey puck at Vilas park rink.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Stella Gelman helping her daughter, Cindy, ice skate on frozen parts of Lake Wingra at Vilas Park.
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YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, after she fell face forward on the ice at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.

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