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| Date: | 08 26 1960 |
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| Description: | Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. Goggled diver, Ollie Reese, swimming with Dells recreation boat. This completely landscaped exhibit was built to sc... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda. |
| Date: | 06 18 1989 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Sunbathers relax on the piers at the swimming park on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Columnist Drew Pearson, who with Robert S. Anderson and later with Jack Anderson, pioneered modern political investigative reporting. Pearson was one of t... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Marine captain Joseph R. McCarthy, looking fit, somewhere in the South Pacific. Health was an increasing problem for McCarthy as senator. He was subject t... |
| 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: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Swimming area with children and adults enjoying the weather, with the Tower Hotel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier while others paddle a canoe. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim. |
| 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: | 1918 |
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| Description: | People swimming and diving in Monona Bay near the Brittingham Park bath house. The railroad causeway is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 05 1933 |
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| Description: | View from beach of people swimming. Some are standing in the sand, and some are on the diving pier out in the water. On the left is part of a water slide. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Chulew family (from left): Marcia, Natalie, and Manny at Schwartz's Resort. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Indoor swimming pool at hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The pool area has a balcony on the right, and large windows on the far wall. |
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