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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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Indoor Swimming Pool at Lathrop Hall

Date: 1931
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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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Six sorority alumnae who were hostesses for the marionette party at the Edgewater Hotel pose for a portrait around a banquet table. Left to right are: Mrs....
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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 Lake Laboratory

Date: 11 03 1950
Description: Two Wisconsin daily newspaper editors are shown as they tour the U.W. Lake Laboratory. Will Conrad, Medford Star News editor, and Charles E. Brought...
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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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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the UW Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," six swimmers portray Robin Hood's "Merry Men" as they "march" to the castle. T...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean", Felix Pulgram of Milwaukee (as Robin Hood) and Robert Bec...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Mrs. William Bowersox of Juneau pausing indoors for a look out at Lake Mendota before attending a session for women at the annual University of Wisconsin F...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
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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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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T...
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Carp are in a net during an experiment to develop a more efficient seine at the U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory on Lake Mendota.
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Union Theater Windows Reflections

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Reflections in the curved windows of the theater box office cause distortions as patrons wait in line for the office to open. The people are silhouetted ag...

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