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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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YWCA Slim Swim

Date: 06 19 1967
Description: The "slim swim" program at the YWCA.
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Playing in Canoes on a Lake

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Description: Two women try to knock each other off of their canoes while standing and swinging brooms at each other.
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Esther Eloise McGilvra, as a Swimmer

Date: 1905
Description: Esther Eloise McGilvra, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a swimmer, next to a wooden diving board. Part of a yearbook created...
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Summer Fun

Date: 08 10 1964
Description: A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, located at 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, also known as Edenfred. Two women are relaxing at the swimming pool. One woman is sitti...
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Four Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1933
Description: Four female Dolphin Club members posing in bathing suits on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Public Swimming Park

Date: 1930
Description: Sunbathers relax on the piers at the swimming park on the Milwaukee River.
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Day at the Beach

Date: 1969
Description: Color advertising photograph of two young couples in swimsuits getting out of an International Scout pickup truck near a public beach.
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Sunbathers on the Lake

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Description: Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Edward Garbarszyle, with a football in his hands, is kneeling over Lorian Day demonstrating that games at the beach are sometimes not much fun for ...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lois Cook, Noreen Killiher, and Geraldine Clark having a snack on the beach and waiting one hour before they swim.
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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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Uphoff's Swimming Pool

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Description: Swimming pool at Uphoff's Motel, with windows to street and lobby.
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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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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...

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