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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Barrel Race on the Lake

Date: 06 26 1909
Description: Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f...
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Swimmers at Jeffry's Mill

Date: 1933
Description: A diver is caught mid-air as another prepares to dive from a diving platform on the shore of the mill pond at Jeffry's Mill at Eagleville. A boy watches fr...
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Herman Brumder

Date: 1895
Description: Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950) modeling a skirted men's swimsuit on a pier at Pine Lake.
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Toy Boat

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder, wearing a bathing suit, is standing on a wooden pier holding a large toy sailboat. An unidentified woman is sitting on the steps of...
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Swimsuit

Date: 1926
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder smiling while posing in a boldly patterned swimsuit. A swimming cap and patterned shoes complete her outfit. A pie...
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Swimsuits

Date: 1926
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder are smiling while posing in their swimsuits near Pine Lake. They are, from left, Barbara, Herbe...
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Water Slide

Date: 1929
Description: View across water towards Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder, wearing a light-colored dress and cap, standing on a pier observing as children are pla...
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On the Pier at Pine Lake

Date: 1929
Description: Barbara Brumder, right, lounging on a pier and watching as an unidentified girl next to her is petting the Brumder family Springer Spaniel. The girls are w...
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Swimmers

Date: 1929
Description: Six children, four boys and two girls are posing near the diving platform on a swimming pier on Pine Lake. The children, who are wearing bathing suits, are...
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Water Slide

Date: 1930
Description: View across water towards a group of boys and girls, likely all members of the extended Brumder family, playing and swimming near a water slide at the end ...
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At Pine Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder posing with his three children near the shore of Pine Lake. He is standing holding Barbara, left, and Herbert Edmund, right, on his hi...
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Anticipation

Date: 1977
Description: A warmly dressed woman is walking past a display window featuring a mannequin in a one-piece swimsuit. The window has frost on it with a circular opening i...
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Greetings from Waukesha Beach

Date: 10 09 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Waukesha Beach. Bathing in the Surf." Children and adults wear Victorian bathing suits as well as regular clothing on ...

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