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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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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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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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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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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 Lake Mendota Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier while others paddle a canoe.
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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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Swimmers Standing in Lake

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline.
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Man Diving into Mississippi River

Date: 1925
Description: A man diving off a pier into the Mississippi River. Another man is swimming in the water, while other men and boys are standing on the floating pier.
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Boys Swimming in a Lake

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Description: Boys swimming in a lake pose for a photograph as others sit in a rowboat behind them.
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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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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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Maple Bluff Aquacade

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Tom Bennett, right, gives instructions for the bar bel...
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Swimmers in Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shorel...
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Director Tom Knoche at the Hill Farm Swimming Pool

Date: 07 01 1961
Description: Director Tom Knoche forms a semi-silhouette as west side residents beat the heat in the outdoor Hill Farm Pool.
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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...
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Municipal Swimming Pool

Date: 1933
Description: Text on front reads: "Municipal Swimming Pool, Richland Center, Wis." A man dives from the diving board on the tower. Many people are swimming in the water...

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