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| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| Description: | Two boys and two girls swimming at the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. One of the girls is diving off the dock that also has a platform. In the backg... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the new bath house at Devil's Lake State Park, taken from the pier. Two small boats are pulled up to the shore and two girls are wading in the wate... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children and youth in swimsuits, winners of various events of the Madison city swimming meet held at the B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona... |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach. |
| Date: | 01 12 1951 |
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| Description: | John Mallnowski, Milwaukee, a diver on the University of Wisconsin swim team, performs a full gainer. |
| Date: | 01 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Bob Feirn of Madison (left), Alvo Cherne of Milwaukee (center), and Jerry Smith of Kenosha, members of the University of Wisconsin Men's Swim Team who rate... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Children play in a large swimming pool with a stone changing house. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of a swimming pool beside a hill at Bessie Tift College. Next to the pool is a vine-covered pergola and a slide. College buildings are visible in th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Vacationers wade at a beach near a row of what appear to be hotel buildings. Groups of people sit near boats onshore and a group of women sits at the end o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a beach and houses that line the shore. People sit on the beach, and a woman in the foreground wades in the water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of sunbathing adults and children standing and sitting near a blanket, folding chairs, and umbrella set up on a beach. In the background, swimmers ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men, women, and children swim in the water between two docks. Children in the foreground play with a flotation device. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | People sunbathe on the beach at Playland while others swim in the surf. A turreted building decorated with flags is in the background. Caption reads: "The... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View toward people relaxing on a beach under umbrellas and other people wading in the water. On the right a woman is walking down a boardwalk to get to the... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An elevated lifeguard station stands on the sand at Wriests Beach while people sunbathe on the beach and wade in the water. The sign on the lifeguard stati... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards couples, adults, and children sunbathing on the beach and wading in the water. In the distance is an establishment with ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View along seashore toward people playing on the beach and wading into the water during low tide. Buildings line the hills in the background. |
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