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Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Children and Adults at Wading Pool

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Description: A group of children and adults at a wading pool in a park.
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Brittingham Park

Date: 1900
Description: Boys playing on makeshift diving board on the shore of Lake Monona at Brittingham Park.
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Children Relaxing in the Pool

Date: 06 18 1989
Description: Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool.
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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Children Wading in Lake

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Description: Three girls wade in a lake near Alma while another watches from a pier. A boy fishes from from a boat nearby.
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Boys on Mississippi River

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Description: Groups of boys on the Mississippi River shore undressing for a swim. Alma is visible across the river.
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Sunbathers on the Lake

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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...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Richard Straavaldsen floating in an inner tube in the water.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Billy Wiedenbeck pushing Wally Britton into the water from a swimming platform.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Carol Ann Nelson and her sister, Patty, observing the sign stating the hours that lifeguards are on duty at the beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Kenneth Harwick applying a first aid bandage to the foot of Hazel Gehri, who is holding a shattered milk bottle left on the beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Swimmers at South Shore Beach

Date: 07 26 1914
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...
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Boys Swimming in Mill Pond

Date: 1921
Description: Two young boys swim in a mill pond beside a dilapidated building.
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Koinonia Children's Campers in Lake

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Description: Children swimming in a lake as part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.

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