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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet

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Description: Steamboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River with passengers. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet."
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University of Wisconsin Students Play on Canoe in Lake Mendota

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim.
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Outing on the Mississippi

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Description: View from shoreline toward two small excursion boats with six men and one boy stopped for a rest along the shore of the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "...
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Lutherland Beach at Camp Nawakwa

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Description: Girls and women sit along the Lutherland Beach at Camp Nawakwa. Several others swim or stand on a wooden structure in the water.
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Maple Bluff

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Description: Several men and boys sail in a canoe near a foliage covered rock outcropping. The boat is decorated with two flags, an American flag and one reading "JULIA...
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Lake Monona

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Description: Two men and a boy row a row boat on Lake Monona. A shoreline and trees stand in the foreground and buildings of the city of Madison can be seen in the bac...
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Scene on Red Cedar River

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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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On the Shore of Lake Winneconne

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline towards two young men and six young children posing on the rocky beach on Lake Winneconne. Four of the children sit in a kayak pulled ...
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Fishing at Black Point

Date: 1910
Description: Henry Bartholomay Jr., right, and his son Henry Conrad Bartholomay fish on the pier at Black Point. The steamer Loreley is anchored offshore on he l...
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Yahara River Spillway at Lake Mendota

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Description: View across pond towards three boys standing on the board walkway of the spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River. In the background is the far shorel...
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Laundry in the Lake

Date: 1914
Description: Howard and Jack Greene doing laundry in Lake McFarland.
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Lincoln Center Camp Beach

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Description: View from shoreline of a lake towards several children climbing or standing on a wooden pier. On the side of the pier is a wooden slide that angles into th...
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Around the Fire

Date: 1940
Description: Boys are roasting weiners at a stone fire ring overlooking the Chippewa River in Brunet Island State Park. A man on the far right, behind trees, is walking...
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Railroad Bridge After Cyclone

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Description: Stereograph of a demolished railroad bridge, most likely over the Rock River. Several men are standing on a horizontal section. In the bottom right corner,...
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Herman Brumder

Date: 1895
Description: Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950) modeling a skirted men's swimsuit on a pier at Pine Lake.
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Ed Brumder

Date: 1920
Description: Ed Brumder is sitting on the branch of a tree which has grown out over the water of Pine Lake. The far shore is in the background.
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Canoeing

Date: 1920
Description: A boy, probably Edward John Brumder, sitting in a canoe with a Boston terrier-type dog. In the background is a shoreline.
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Fishing

Date: 1926
Description: Herbert E. Brumder, left, posing and holding a fishing net in one hand, and the rope to a fishing bucket in the other hand, while standing in front of a mo...

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