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| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Art Ensign (left) and Chuck Steele seated in the lifeguard tower at Madison's Lakefront Beach. The City of Madison has placed experienced lifeguards at 8 b... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota... |
| Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Robert Hoffman dropping coins into the wishing well at the Capitol Theatre for the Empty Stocking Club and the Kiddie Camp fund to "Help Bring Happiness to... |
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| Description: | View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t... |
| Date: | 08 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Fashion photo for Woldenberg's taken on the Edgewater Hotel Pier located on Lake Mendota at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. A woman in a striped dress, dark h... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the... |
| Date: | 08 11 1960 |
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| Description: | Angello LaBarro, a lifeguard at a Madison beach, gives some advice to some junior aids while on duty. He is a graduate of Madison East high school and has ... |
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| Description: | View of a railroad crossing near Lake Monona. Men are on the standing on the road in the background, and other men are working along the railroad tracks. C... |
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