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| Date: | 07 29 1935 |
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| Description: | Standing on the Alpha Chi Omega sorority pier, Willard Grasser and Robert Estes show what is and is not permitted with regard to men's bathing suits. "The ... |
| Date: | 08 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui... |
| Date: | 03 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A view of Olin Terrace. The terrace and fountain were built in 1934 by CWA and FERA workers. It was designed by Frank Riley, Madison architect, in the Ital... |
| Date: | 06 16 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. In the background is Lake Mendota on the left, and on the right is Lake Mo... |
| Date: | 10 07 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol across Lake Monona from Olin Park. |
| Date: | 07 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Morris Hults, 39, of Churubusco, Indiana, "para-kiting" behind International 4x4 Scout pickup on an ice and snow-covered Blue Lake, near his hometown. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Bare expanse of land with the Milwaukee lakeshore and the city in the distance. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse. |
| Date: | 08 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda. |
| Date: | 08 10 1964 |
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| Description: | A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a fisherman unloading gear from the rear of an International Scout II XL pickup near a mountain lake. |
| Date: | 05 10 1917 |
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| Description: | Farmer pulling a Deering double disc harrow with four horses in a field. A lake, trees and houses are in the distance. |
| Date: | 07 20 1988 |
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| Description: | Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground. |
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