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Five Boys and Diving Apparatus
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Five boys experimenting with diving apparatus on a diving raft. Left to right: Lyell Tullis, Edgar Tullis, and Jerry Randall fixing the diving head gear, with unidentified friends. Text on print reads: "Five boys with home-made diving bell on raft, Lake Mendota."
July 13, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Boys and Diving Apparatus
July 13, 1933
Edgar Tullis, in the water wearing a diving helmet, is assisted by Jerry Randall and Lyell Tullis, standing on a pier.
Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment
July 12, 1955
Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
Madison Diving Club Members
November 8, 1956
Madison Diving Club members Harold Stitgen, president, Reverend Herbert Schaak, treasurer, and James Filer wearing diving suits and scuba gear, ready for a dive in Lake Mendota off Conklin Park.
Skin Divers Posing with Fish
July 12, 1955
Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing.
Madison Diving Club Members
November 8, 1956
Madison Diving Club members Harold Stitgen, president, Reverend Herbert Schaak, treasurer, and James Filer dressed for scuba diving in Lake Mendota off Conklin Park.
Four Dolphin Club Girls
March 18, 1933
Four female Dolphin Club members posing in bathing suits on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
