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Dolphin Club Swim Show

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: A quartet of University of Wisconsin mermaids are splashing through its aquatic paces in a final dress rehearsal for the annual Dolphin Club Swim Show in t...
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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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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Mark Herrling swimming in the spring-fed pool on the Stanley Herrling farm. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was p...
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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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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of a youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of several youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of a youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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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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Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are State and National Ranked

Date: 04 15 1962
Description: Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are prominent in state and national competition. Rip'n Ready, a golden retriever owned by William Connor, displays h...
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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 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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All Arabian Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Low angled view of a woman scrubbing a tethered horse with a puddle of water beneath them. The woman and owner is Caroline West of Burlington. Her horse is...
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Wisconsin Crew Paddling Down the Yahara

Date: 03 28 1964
Description: The University of Wisconsin crew is rowing down the Yahara River on a practice run, the four oarsmen stirring the water as they go.
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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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Water Skiing

Date: 08 03 1964
Description: View from tow boat towards a woman, named Anne, water skiing. In the background are houses along a wooded shoreline.
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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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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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