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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Views of popular sites in Madison. Numerous different types of recreation are depicted, along with popular sites such as the Wisconsin State Capitol buildi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bridge looking over at a hill leading down to bath houses and fenced-in swimming areas for beginners. Establishment of Wm. Bechstein. Ca... |
| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
| Date: | 09 19 1932 |
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| Description: | Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards dock, and a diving platform at Camp Brosius. A sailboat, rowboat and canoes are in the lake. Several people are swimming or standing ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Color elevated view of Inspiration Point on Green Lake. The swimming pool is in the foreground. At a dock are several moored rowboats and an excursion boat... |
| Date: | 01 20 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a building with windowed walls. In the foreground is a lawn swing. Caption reads: "At The Seven Pines, Lewis, Wis." Text on back reads: "T... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of boys swimming and sailing in Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Boating and Bathing at Young Men's Christian Association Camp, Lake Geneva,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards a boathouse on the shore, with groups of people sitting and standing on the platform in front. A group of people are in a rowboat ne... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of a crowded bathing beach at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 08 16 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Swimming Hole, Whitewater, Wis." A swimming area in a river, with a bridge in the background, surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Swimming Hole, Whitewater, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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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