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Diving Tower at Lake Gogebic

Date: 1938
Description: View looking at people on the dock and diving tower on Lake Gogebic. Two boats are tied to the dock and buildings and trees are visible on the other side ...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Three teenage swimmers lean on the edge of the pier at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp on the shore of Lake Mendota. The girls are, left to right: Bon...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Judith Kayser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kayser of 3 Bayside Drive, is one of the waterfront activities counselors at the YWCA's Teen camp on Lake M...
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Family Fun, Swimming

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Dr. Anthony and Mrs. (Dorothy) Curreri of 3636 Lake Mendota Drive relax on their pier with children Bill, Cynthia, and Bonnie. They all enjoy swimming in L...
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Cooper Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ...
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Swimmers and Boat in Siskiwit Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View of six boys and men swimming in Siskiwit Lake by a wooden boat. In the background is the shoreline and trees.
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Zimmel Implement

Date: 1966
Description: "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement."
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Woman About to Dive

Date: 1920
Description: A woman dressed in a bathing suit, shoes and cap is about to dive off of a pier into the water. A rowboat is tethered on the right. Trees can be seen on th...
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Ten Swimmers

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Description: Seven young swimmers and a man crouch down in the water while three women wearing bathing suits and caps stand behind them. In the background is a shorelin...
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Float at Island View Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1930
Description: View across water of seven people wearing bathing suits on the float or wooden raft in Lake Owen at the Island View Resort. There is a large umbrella on th...
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Octagonal Wooden Ring on Lake Owen Shoreline

Date: 1936
Description: View of a wooden octagonal ring on the shore of Lake Owen. In the foreground are trees and grass. On the right are people on the shore of Lake Owen, and a ...
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Swimming Platform

Date: 1933
Description: View of men, women, and children wearing swimsuits playing on and swimming near a wooden swimming and diving platform in a lake. In the distance is the far...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Anne Ross, instructor of a water safety course for the Red Cross, kneeling at the side of a pool. In the water with a boat are (left) Susan Benn of Ft. Lau...
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Bathing Beach at Squires' Evergreen Retreat

Date: 1930
Description: Beach at the Squires' Evergreen Retreat. Two children stand at the top of the water slide while others play in the water.
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Wisconsin Fun Map : Picturing the Vacation of Opportunities of this Great Outdoor State

Date: 1936
Description: This pictorial tourist map from the Wisconsin Conservation Commission depicts vacation activities and identifies tourist destinations throughout the state....
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Slide

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h...
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Skinny Dipping in the River

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Description: Slightly elevated view looking down at two men undressing to go skinny dipping in the river. A man wearing a suit is standing smiling between them, and two...
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
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Swimmers on the Pier at Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored image of two swimmers sitting on a pier with their legs in the water at a camp in West Point sponsored by Neighborhood House. Several other sw...

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