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Beach Toss
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A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Other people on the beach are watching and taking snapshots, and there is a lifeguard on a lifeguard station in the background.
August 12, 1984
Guldan, Dale
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WHi 7164
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Swimmers at Lake Calhoun
June 26, 1927
A group of three swimmers, two men and one woman, posing on the beach at Lake Calhoun.
Nancy Keenan on Beach
June 28, 1945
Portrait of Nancy Keenan standing on a beach in a lifeguard swimming suit. She is one of 7 women lifeguards out of a group of 19 who patrol the Madison beaches for the Madison Parks Department.
Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards
June 21, 1960
Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.
