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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 1940
Description: Children play in a large swimming pool with a stone changing house.
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Freshwater Swimming Pool at Playland

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Description: View of an outdoor freshwater swimming pool, which opened in 1928. Two people lean over the fence to look into the pool and, behind them, a building with ...
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Rough and Ready Dam

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Description: View of the Rough and Ready Dam, a concrete electrical dam built in 1907. Men accompany a group of boys on the far bank of the river. One boy swims near th...
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
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Swimming Pool at Meadow Brook Resort

Date: 1933
Description: Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance.
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Maple Bluff Aquacade

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: Spectators watch the Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool, which includes races, family dinner and an evening show.
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Group of People Wading in Shallow River

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Description: View towards a group of men, women, and children wading in shallow water. The far shoreline has a steep bank, with a fence and trees.
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Director Tom Knoche at the Hill Farm Swimming Pool

Date: 07 01 1961
Description: Director Tom Knoche forms a semi-silhouette as west side residents beat the heat in the outdoor Hill Farm Pool.
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Mt. Vernon Playground

Date: 1938
Description: A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Parents and children sitting on a blanket on a lawn and looking down over the swimming pool, which is enclosed by a chain-link fence at Badger Park.
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th...
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Swimming, Country Style

Date: 07 1950
Description: Swimming country style on a farm in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Two boys are swimming in a large wooden cattle tank and three young children are perch...
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Playgrounds

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees...

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