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YWCA Winter Activities

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Instructor Doris Greene, at right, teaches swimming class to seven young women as part of the YWCA Winter Activities program. At the edge of the pool are (...
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YWCA Winter Activities

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Instructor Patricia Patterson, 621 North Frances Street, teaches the correct technique for the side stroke to Alice Well, 2 Langdon Street, who is seated o...
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"Pollywoggles"

Date: 1911
Description: Several women and one man wade in Lake Flora Dell. Delia Drew King is second from left, in a white straw hat. A hand-drawn caption beneath the photograph r...
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"A Mermaid"

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr...
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Beach at Copper Falls State Park

Date: 07 1940
Description: The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform.
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Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Men, women, and children swimming, playing, and relaxing at the beach at Devil's Lake State Park. Two long docks extend into the water and the scene is rep...
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Swimming at the Bad River

Date: 07 1940
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...
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New Bath House

Date: 1938
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...
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Boys Day at the Pool

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Description: Boys Day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooks the boys swimming in the pool below.
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Men's Day at the Pool

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Description: Men's day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooking one man sitting on the edge of the pool below.
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 08 06 1950
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...
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Madison's Vilas Park Beach

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach.
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Red Gym Swimming Pool

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Description: The "swimming tank" inside the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Red Gym (Armory or Old Red).
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University of Wisconsin Men's Swim Team

Date: 01 12 1951
Description: John Mallnowski, Milwaukee, a diver on the University of Wisconsin swim team, performs a full gainer.
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University of Wisconsin Men's Swim Team

Date: 01 12 1951
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...
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Beach at Hotel Clarendon

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Description: View of the beach in front of the Hotel Clarendon, featuring swimmers, benches, and shade-structures made with palm leaves.
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Children at Swimming Lesson

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Description: A group of children in the water learning to swim with kick-boards at Ocean Beach.
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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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Workers' Unity House

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Description: A view of people in row boats, posing for the camera. A man stands at the diving platform and slide. To the right, in a cordoned-off section, are swimmers....
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Children in Park with Swimming Area

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground.

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