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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of several people sitting and standing under a tree in front of a beach area at Devil's Lake State Park. People are swimming and wading in the water... |
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| Description: | A group of youth sits on a shoreline along the Red Cedar River while others swim and boat. A stone structure stands in the center of the river and foreste... |
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| Description: | View of the Rough and Ready Dam, a concrete electrical dam built in 1907. Men accompany a group of boys on the far bank of the river. One boy swims near th... |
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| Description: | Adults sit beneath a tent alongside a swimming pool overlooking Stora Enso Dam. The dam was built by the Consolidated Water Power Company in 1903. |
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| Description: | People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Bermuda shoreline. Several dwellings stand on top of the island and people swim in the ocean on the beaches below. |
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| Description: | People stand and sit on a driftwood-cluttered beach. Several people swim in the ocean. Caption reads: "Scene on the Beach. Long Beach. Wash." |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet. |
| Date: | 07 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Anne Fakler, left, and Nancy Wynn poise for a practice swim during the city swim meet at B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Sally Smith directs a group of beginning boy swimmers during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 06 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Instructor Mary Pew shows arm movements to a girls swim class during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 07 09 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of nine girls test the water of Lake Wingra prior to beginning a swimming lesson. |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the eleven winners in the age 11 and under division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen champions of the 12 to 17 age division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| Description: | A scene from YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Left to right: John Kaiser, David Williamson, and Mark Foster, standin... |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a girl in a yellow and purple bathing suit and cap, diving into the water. Seagulls fly behind her. The text reads: "I Go... |
| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the swimming pool on top of the mounds in Blue Mounds State Park. There are people swimming as well as standing around the si... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard from hill of White Sand Lake seen through trees. A raft with a diving platform is near the shoreline. Caption reads: "White Sand Lake... |
| Date: | 11 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Maid Marion, played by Bonnie Burmeister, lures Friar Tuck, portrayed by Robert Becker, during a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club ... |
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