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Bathing Beauty Slaying Giant Fish

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Description: Bathing suit model posing standing in a rowboat, landing an eight-foot plastic Musky (Muskellunge).
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Georgia Haas is applying artificial respiration to Lewis Noonan at the beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Truax cadets serving as lifeguards while swimming at Warner Beach. Left to right, standing: Karl Peters, George Toothill, John Fink, Norman Finazzo, John O...
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Brandel Women and Friend in Bathing Suits

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see...
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Frank King Painting a Character onto a Boat

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Description: Frank O. King paints his character "Uncle Walt" onto a rowboat. The boy in the background on a pier is King's grand-nephew David Witt Nye.
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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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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View along tree-lined shoreline toward the boardwalk along changing rooms. Further down the shoreline is the diving platform and covered pier on the lake. ...
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Beach and Swimming Pool

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Description: Elevated view down boardwalk toward people swimming and sunbathing on a beach, while others on the right are using a swimming pool located near the boardwa...
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Bathing Beauty Contest

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: Elevated view of crowd at E.H. Myrland's Farm's Sky Lodge at the bathing beauty contest at the dedication of a new swimming pool at the resort which opened...
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Spaight Beach

Date: 1982
Description: Men and women sitting or standing on a sandy beach. A small child is standing on the shoreline in the water. A small group of people is sitting on a grassy...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th...
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Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.

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