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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Kenneth Harwick applying a first aid bandage to the foot of Hazel Gehri, who is holding a shattered milk bottle left on the beach.
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Swimmers at South Shore Beach

Date: 07 26 1914
Description: A group, mostly youth, on the shores of Lake Michigan at South Shore beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Caption on glass plate reads, "On the Sands, South...
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Bikers Wash in Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Bikers wash on the bank of Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival. One of the bikers is naked from the waist down and wearing a d...
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Naked on the Bank of Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Rear view of three people, two nude and one clothed. They are sitting on a towel next to a pile of clothes on the bank of Rowan Creek near York Farm during...
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Group Sitting on Bank of Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young men and women, some nude, sitting on the bank of Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival.
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet.
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A Day at the Beach

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of mostly young men and women enjoying a sunny day at South Shore Beach.
Postcard

Bathing Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela...
Postcard

North Beach at County Park

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "North Beach at County Park on Shawano Lake, Shawano, Wis." A giant water slide and hut can be seen in Shawano Lake at the beach. Swim...

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