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Wisconsin Dells Minirama

Date: 08 26 1960
Description: Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. Goggled diver, Ollie Reese, swimming with Dells recreation boat. This completely landscaped exhibit was built to sc...
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YWCA Slim Swim

Date: 06 19 1967
Description: The "slim swim" program at the YWCA.
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Summer Fun

Date: 08 10 1964
Description: A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day.
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Day at the Beach

Date: 1969
Description: Color advertising photograph of two young couples in swimsuits getting out of an International Scout pickup truck near a public beach.
Postcard

Motel with Swimming Pool

Date: 1965
Description: The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ...
Postcard

Sites of Madison — Collage

Date: 1960
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...
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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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YMCA Swimmers Unbeaten

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: These four YMCA swimmers will be competing in the 160-yard freestyle relay hoping to earn a ninth victory. Left to right are: John Saunders, Cherokee Heigh...
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Wisconsin All-American Swimmer

Date: 01 28 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin all-American swimmer Ron McDevitt holds his certificate from the 1960 NCAA swimming meet. Next to him is the University of Wisconsi...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 24 1960
Description: Group portrait of champions in the Madison city swimming meet finals, each one a winner of one or more events.
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Maple Bluff Aquacade

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Tom Bennett, right, gives instructions for the bar bel...
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Maple Bluff Aquacade

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Sue Stenjem participates in the beach ball race.
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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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Maple Bluff Aquacade

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Ready for the tube race are, left to right, Mark Herro...
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Dolphin Club Swim Show

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: A quartet of University of Wisconsin mermaids are splashing through its aquatic paces in a final dress rehearsal for the annual Dolphin Club Swim Show in t...
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New West High School Swimming Pool

Date: 03 28 1961
Description: The new swimming pool at Madison West High School was recently filled with 125,000 gallons of water. In addition to use by the junior and senior high physi...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Mark Herrling swimming in the spring-fed pool on the Stanley Herrling farm. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was p...
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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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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of a youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of several youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.

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