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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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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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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...
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Wisconsin State Office Building and Monona Terrace

Date: 09 18 1957
Description: Wisconsin State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street and the Monona Terrace area on the lake.
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Reflected Scene on Monona Bay

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Two fishermen reflected in Monona Bay while standing on a dock. One man is wearing a hat and leaning on a long fishing pole, and the other man is standing...
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Union Theater Windows Reflections

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Reflections in the curved windows of the theater box office cause distortions as patrons wait in line for the office to open. The people are silhouetted ag...
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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather Henry Reynolds, Route 1, Waunakee, spends time "sailing" with his grandchildren Janet (4 1/2) and Jeffrey (2) on Lake Mendota. Their parents a...
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University Campus Shoreline Vista

Date: 07 11 1958
Description: A view of Lake Mendota from the end of Park street. F.O. Leiser, general chairman of the class of 1902 has raised the issue of maintaining the lakeshore be...
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State Office Building Addition

Date: 10 02 1958
Description: View across Lake Monona towards the third and final wing to the Wilson Street state office building. Automobiles are parked along the shoreline.
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Sailboats on a Madison Lake

Date: 10 25 1958
Description: Sailboats on a Madison lake, it is unclear whether it is Lake Mendota or Lake Monona. Trees are along the far shoreline.
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Thunder Jet Ice Boat

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: The ice boat, "Thunder Jet," on a frozen Lake Monona. One of the two men aboard is probably the pilot, Bill "Curley" Perrigo, sitting at the helm or by the...
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U.S. Navy Hydrofoil

Date: 09 1955
Description: U.S. Navy hydrofoil, "The Monitor," built by Baker Manufacturing Company (Evansvile, Wisconsin) on Lake Mendota. Dubbed the "sailboat that flies," it had l...
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Student Studying on a Balmy Spring Day

Date: 04 16 1959
Description: Craig Penrith studies in the front seat of his car with the top rolled down and his shoes off in Vilas Park.
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Madison Police Department Install Sign on Lake Monona Shoreline

Date: 04 14 1959
Description: The Madison Police Department erects a sign at the Law Park shoreline of Lake Monona to discourage boaters from launching their boats due to lake debris le...
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Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.
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Mallory Club Sail Boat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: The yachts Ivanhoe (L), skippered by Philip L. Peoples, and Wannaboy (R), skippered by H. John Sangmeister, race during the Mallory Cup on La...
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Mallory Club Sail Boat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: The yacht Confusion, skippered by Harry C. (Bud) Melges, Jr., Lake Geneva, and his crew, races during the Mallory Cup on Lake Mendota.
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Mallory Club Sail Boat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: Crews of five yachts maneuver against the wind at the start of the opening race for the Mallory Cup on Lake Mendota. The number 6 boat, named Confusion<...
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Madison Couple Looks at the Lake on a Nice September Day

Date: 09 27 1960
Description: A couple sitting in their VW Beetle convertible car look out over a Madison lake on a nice September day.
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International Skeeter Association Regatta

Date: 01 13 1961
Description: Iceboats on Lake Monona at the 18th annual International Skeeter Association regatta.

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