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New West High School Swimming Pool

Date: 03 28 1961
Description: The new swimming pool at Madison West High School was recently filled with 125,000 gallons of water. In addition to use by the junior and senior high physi...
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew Races Wayne (Michigan) State and Junior Varsity Crews

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: The U.W. varsity crew racing against the Wayne State (Michigan) and U.W. junior varsity crews on Lake Mendota.
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U.W. Varsity Crew Workout

Date: 04 26 1961
Description: The University of Wisconsin varsity crew preparing to launch its shell on Lake Mendota for a workout. Visible (L-R) are Don Erbach and Phil Monk.
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The Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling (left), his wife, and sons Greg and Mark are each standing next to a horse at a fence bordering the pasture. This is one of a series of ph...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling pulling in a rainbow trout from the trout pond. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was purchased 6 ...
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Scuba Diving Class Students Demonstrate "Buddy Breathing"

Date: 07 13 1961
Description: Scuba diving class student Stephanie Morgan of 3534 Topping Road, Madison; and instructor, Paul Geisler, 4206 Council Crest, Madison, demonstrate the "budd...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Sky Divers Jump for Political Reasons

Date: 02 28 1963
Description: Three U.W. students, Marty Christensen, Robert Falconer and Gary Schroeder, jumped out of an airplane over ice-covered Lake Mendota to advertise the politi...
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Damaged by Water & Ice

Date: 01 02 1964
Description: Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house, 146 Langdon Street, is extensively damaged by water and ice when a faulty furnace failed during overnight freezing temperat...
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Lake Patrol Boats

Date: 05 27 1964
Description: Two lake patrol boats ready to start their summer season patrolling of Lakes Kegonsa and Waubesa. Manning the boats are Sheriff Vernon Leslie, center and l...
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Truax Field Pilots Practice Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Truax Field Pilots Practice Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Truax Field Pilots Practicing Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Ice Boat Regatta

Date: 01 16 1965
Description: Two class A iceboats, sailed by Jack Ripp and Bob Brockel, racing on Lake Mendota. They were participating in the Wisconsin Stern Steering Association rega...
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Stream Gauging Station at Yahara River

Date: 03 1965
Description: Keith Brigham is shown checking the U.S. Geological Survey stream gauging station located at the Yahara river locks on Lake Waubesa near McFarland.
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Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 14 1965
Description: A crane is lifting a Class A regatta entry from Wayzata, Minnesota, into Lake Mendota for the six-day Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) regatta.
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Sailing Competition on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 01 1965
Description: Two sailboats on the rough waters of Lake Mendota in the national Finn class sailing championship. Pete Barrett of Costa Mesa, California, formerly of Madi...
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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Project

Date: 08 13 1965
Description: H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c...

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