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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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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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Wading in Lake Michigan

Date: 1912
Description: Three women and a child are wading at the Lake Park shoreline. The women are identified as Hattie Taylor and friends, and the child as Tannisse Taylor.
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Beach at Copper Falls State Park

Date: 07 1940
Description: The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform.
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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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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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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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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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Swimmers at Mauthe Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across beach towards a woman wearing a dress sitting on the top of a picnic table. Three girls in swimming suits and caps are standing near her. A lif...
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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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