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| Date: | 07 19 1960 |
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| Description: | At right, Berthaida Fairbanks, physical education and Red Cross instructor, is standing on the side of a swimming pool training the women in the pool how t... |
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| Description: | This map of Madison is also a brochure of activities for vacationers in the area. Includes indexes and some points of interest shown pictorially. |
| Date: | 06 21 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees... |
| Date: | 06 13 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Beach at Waushara Resort on Silver Lake, Wautoma, Wis." View of a water slide in the lake from the shore. A tree and a pier with dock... |
| Date: | 08 21 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tichigan Lake, Wis." A couple stands next to parked cars in front of the grocery store at Wichmans Resort. On the right is a crowd of... |
| Date: | 08 22 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Summer Sports at Northernarie, Three Lakes, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Northernarie Hotel and Spa. Three Lakes, Wis. Truly one of Ameri... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Model Marlyn Sachjen being helped out of the temporary pool which had been constructed on Capitol Park at the head of State Street. She had been modeling s... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Wonderland." This amusement park had many names over 34 years, and was called Wonderland from 1905 to 1909. It was... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Municipal Swimming Pool, Richland Center, Wis." A man dives from the diving board on the tower. Many people are swimming in the water... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Color elevated view of Inspiration Point on Green Lake. The swimming pool is in the foreground. At a dock are several moored rowboats and an excursion boat... |
| Date: | 06 18 1931 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Several people in bathing suits and casual wear are relaxing on a beach and in the water at a Geneva Lake beach. Several people are also sitting behind a r... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | This multi-colored promotional map for recreational activities in the Hayward area includes a graphic of distances from Midwestern cities to Hayward, with ... |
| Date: | 08 25 1936 |
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| Description: | Dr. Frederick Davis residence, 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, called Edenfred. View of the swimming pool with yard light. |
| Date: | 08 1919 |
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| Description: | A group of eight swimmers are hanging out together at the Holt pier on Archibald Lake. A girl in the foreground is floating in a wash tub. The young men ar... |
| Date: | 08 1917 |
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| Description: | Sitting in front of the bath house, bathers are dangling their feet in Archibald Lake. A young man is sunbathing on the roof. A woman is standing in the ba... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | This action shot captures a group on a raft diving into Archibald Lake, with the Island in the background. The divers are probably members of the Holt, Str... |
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