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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In this flirtatious scene still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) holds the hand of ... |
| Date: | 05 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a... |
| Date: | 06 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Elsa Johnson on the Maple Bluff Country Club porch overlooking the swimming pool. All activities of the Maple Bluff Country Club Women's Group ... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Two-piece bathing suit worn by Lois Nelson of Racine, Wisconsin, c. 1947. (Museum object #2003.113.6A-B) |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Children and adults enjoy a sunny day at the Lake Winnebago shore in Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac. |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | A diver is caught mid-air as another prepares to dive from a diving platform on the shore of the mill pond at Jeffry's Mill at Eagleville. A boy watches fr... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ... |
| Date: | 07 23 1959 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of winners of the swimming events in the city meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Richard Allen of the Whitefish Bay Recreation Club swimming in a state Amateur Athletic Union competition. |
| Date: | 02 04 1961 |
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| Description: | These four YMCA swimmers will be competing in the 160-yard freestyle relay hoping to earn a ninth victory. Left to right are: John Saunders, Cherokee Heigh... |
| Date: | 01 28 1961 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin all-American swimmer Ron McDevitt holds his certificate from the 1960 NCAA swimming meet. Next to him is the University of Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 07 24 1960 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of champions in the Madison city swimming meet finals, each one a winner of one or more events. |
| Date: | 07 23 1960 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 23 1960 |
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| Description: | The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Sue Stenjem participates in the beach ball race. |
| Date: | 07 23 1960 |
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| Description: | Spectators watch the Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool, which includes races, family dinner and an evening show. |
| Date: | 07 23 1960 |
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| Description: | The Aquacade at the Maple Bluff Country Club pool includes races, family dinner and an evening show. Ready for the tube race are, left to right, Mark Herro... |
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