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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class
August 3, 1945
Children leaving the truck hired by the Red Cross Chapter of Mt. Horeb to drive them to a swimming class at the Bluemounds pool.
Mt. Horeb Swimming Class
August 3, 1945
A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison West High School, and director of the Red C...
Swimming Class at Tenney Park
July 29, 1947
Pictured at Tenney park are Sun Prairie children receiving swimming instruction from Mrs. Mildred Schwieten, standing in the water at the left, and Don Heimlich, on the right. At the extreme left s...
Children at Junior Red Cross Picnic
May 26, 1944
Children in line at the canteen at the Junior Red Cross picnic.
Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Billy Wiedenbeck pushing Wally Britton into the water from a swimming platform.