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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda. |
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| Description: | Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun... |
| 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: | Groups of boys on the Mississippi River shore undressing for a swim. Alma is visible across the river. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o... |
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| Description: | Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the... |
| Date: | 06 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background. |
| Date: | 07 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Scenic view of Lake Katrina at Girl Scout Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Several girl scouts are below in the distance on a pier, and in the sh... |
| Date: | 07 31 1921 |
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| 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. ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1914 |
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| Description: | A group, mostly youth, on the shores of Lake Michigan at South Shore beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Caption on glass plate reads, "On the Sands, South... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Group of swimmers in bathing suits along the shores of Lake Delton at Squire's Evergreen Retreat. Onlookers observe the activities: children play in the wa... |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Children and adults gather at Devil's Lake. Shown at the right is a large water slide. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Men, women, and children swimming, playing, and relaxing at the beach at Devil's Lake State Park. Two long docks extend into the water and the scene is rep... |
| 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: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the new bath house at Devil's Lake State Park, taken from the pier. Two small boats are pulled up to the shore and two girls are wading in the wate... |
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