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Swimming at the Bad River

Date: 07 1940
Description: Two boys and two girls swimming at the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. One of the girls is diving off the dock that also has a platform. In the backg...
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: "Jay-Flight" (H-6), the C Class sailboat owned by John and Jerry Frautschi, sons of Mr. amd Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Frautschi of 31 Paget Road, made the best...
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The "Okoboji"

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the double-decked excursion boat docked at a pier. The boat has many passengers on board, and other people are standing on the pier. Caption read...
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: The University of Wisconsin varsity crew posing on a pier prior to leaving for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta in Syracuse, New York. The co...
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Digging For Clams

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Description: Three young men digging for clams along a pier. A man and children are visible in the background.
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 10 1953
Description: Anne Fakler, left, and Nancy Wynn poise for a practice swim during the city swim meet at B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: A scene at YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Counselor Rick Dettloff, standing on a pier, steadies a canoe for Jerry Han...
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Lake Monona Dock

Date: 1905
Description: The lake steamer "Alice" approaches the Madison dock on Lake Monona. Two boys wearing caps stand at the end of the pier. At the time of this photograph, t...
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Swimmers on a Pier

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Description: Large group of young women and girls lined up on a pier. A group of them are perched on a diving platform on the end. A man and woman are in a boat in fron...
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Pier at Brictson's Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of the photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) sitting on the bluff overlooking Fish Creek Harbor. The old warehouses are seen on the pi...
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Swimmers on the Pier at Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored image of two swimmers sitting on a pier with their legs in the water at a camp in West Point sponsored by Neighborhood House. Several other sw...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Pajama Race Swimmer

Date: 07 1942
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House of a boys summer camp, with an image of Skip Sul?(obscured letters) participating in a game involving tak...
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Frame 47: FDP Supporters Demonstrating on Boardwalk

Date: 08 1964
Description: An integrated group of mostly young people sitting on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Many of them are holding signs showing support for the Mississippi Freed...
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Lake Kegonsa from Amundson's Store

Date: 1929
Description: A view across water of Lake Kegonsa's shoreline with cottages, docks and trees. A boy is in a rowboat near a boathouse in the foreground.
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Amphibious Motion Picture Service Delivery To Campo Fiesta

Date: 1950
Description: A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P...
Postcard

City Dock

Date: 1949
Description: Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N...
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045 - Joy Camps Boat Fleet

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Description: View from shoreline from pier of campers in boats on the water. Rowing crews and kayaks are in the foreground. Original caption notes that this image offer...
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054 - Young Girl Floating in Water

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Description: Young girl in bathing suit and swim cap floating in the water atop an inflated, plastic floating device. A wood pier is in the right foreground. Original c...
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061 - Young Women Fishing from Dock

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Description: Three young women standing on a dock. The woman on the right has a fishing pole raised above her head and is ready to cast. There is a raft floating out on...

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