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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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"A Mermaid"

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr...
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Workers' Unity House

Date: 
Description: View along tree-lined shoreline toward the boardwalk along changing rooms. Further down the shoreline is the diving platform and covered pier on the lake. ...
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Children in Park with Swimming Area

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground.
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View Of A Lake With Fishermen and A Sailboat

Date: 1937
Description: Several people stand and fish off of a pier while a boy sits in a sailboat and another stands on shore. Trees and power lines are visible in the background...
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The Beach

Date: 
Description: People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach.
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet.
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of family members dressed in bathing suits, sitting on rock strewn incline in front of a cottage. One man is dressed in trousers and sh...
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Cormican's on Clam Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Standing outside of a cabin at Cormican's on Clam Lake is a man holding up a large fish and a girl in a bathing suit and cap holding a paddle.
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the diving competition at the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke beach. Front row, left to right: Tia Nelson, D...
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Log Rolling

Date: 1932
Description: View of two men log rolling, standing on a log in the water. Both men are wearing bathing suits and tank tops. The young man on the right has "Eau Claire W...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 12-18

Date: 
Description: She didn't quite make clear what we were going to find when we got here
on the outer edge of worry
It wasn't Chinamen and it wasn't wild rice
A ha...
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Female Model Posing above Lake

Date: 
Description: A female model poses in profile while leaning back against rocks. She is wearing a black bathing suit and knee-high stockings. In the background is a lake ...
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Backyard Swimming

Date: 1957
Description: Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ...
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053 - Girl Diving off of Dock

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Description: View across water of girl in mid-dive off of diving board. Original caption notes: "Swimming in the clear, cool, PURE waters of our Lake Raymond is a thril...
Postcard

Bathing Beach

Date: 
Description: View from dunes towards a beach with bathers. The main dock and Peninsula State Park are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bathing Beach - Fish Creek, Wis."
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1949
Description: Barbara Payton posing outdoors for a publicity portrait for the film "Trapped." She is standing against a tree wearing a swimsuit. A swimming pool is below...
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Whitefish Bay

Date: 1967
Description: View across grass and sand towards a young couple, a man and woman, holding hands and walking along the shoreline of Whitefish Bay. Trees are along the cur...
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Boys Pushing Canoes

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Description: A group of young boys are pushing four canoes down a grassy incline into a lake.
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Canoeing on Crystal River

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Description: A young woman is riding in a canoe down a rocky rapids on the Crystal River. Another woman is standing on the rocks, as other people are waiting their turn...

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