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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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Boys Sitting on Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth...
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Boys Diving off Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim...
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Boys Day at the Pool

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Description: Boys Day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooks the boys swimming in the pool below.
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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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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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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Jimmy Pink, Steven Lee and Stuart Lee (left to right), all from Darlington, enjoy the crowded swimming pool. They are wearing masks and flippers.
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo...
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Swimmin' Hole

Date: 1950
Description: A group of children swimming below a cascade on a river. The area is surrounded by trees.
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Swimming, Country Style

Date: 07 1950
Description: Swimming country style on a farm in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Two boys are swimming in a large wooden cattle tank and three young children are perch...

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