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| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 07 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Coronet magazine display in the window of Rennebohm Drug Store #10, 676 State Street. "Read about Wisconson's Ranger Mac (WHA radio personality Wake... |
| Date: | 04 27 1934 |
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| Description: | Three little girls, members of the Emerson Fresh Air school and the Longfellow Nutrition room, playing with puppies in the Capital Times Kiddie Camp... |
| Date: | 06 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit. |
| Date: | 06 10 1946 |
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| Description: | H.S. Manchesters Inc. display window (#4)featuring two mannequins in Jantzen bathing suits, and three posters showing women in Jantzen bathing suits. Sign... |
| Date: | 06 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Hughes Ladies Wear store front, 20 East Mifflin Street, showing entry-way and display window with mannequins wearing summer attire. Includes rubber mat in... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Carol Ann Nelson and her sister, Patty, observing the sign stating the hours that lifeguards are on duty at the beach. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety poster or sign featuring pin-up girls. The poster reminds factory workers to wear their safety goggles. The poster reads: "O Baby! Can yo... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Art Ensign (left) and Chuck Steele seated in the lifeguard tower at Madison's Lakefront Beach. The City of Madison has placed experienced lifeguards at 8 b... |
| Date: | 07 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Flooded South Park Street underpass, with car stalled in three feet of water. A train is on the railroad bridge above. A young boy and girl wearing bathing... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s... |
| Date: | 01 12 1951 |
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| Description: | John Mallnowski, Milwaukee, a diver on the University of Wisconsin swim team, performs a full gainer. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An elevated lifeguard station stands on the sand at Wriests Beach while people sunbathe on the beach and wade in the water. The sign on the lifeguard stati... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View along boardwalk, with people sitting, and other people walking. Buildings are along the left, and on the right is a lifeguard tower that looks down o... |
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| Description: | Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Dipsy Baths outbuilding and surrounding beach. Umbrellas are set up in the sand where people sunbathe or wade in the water, and an Ame... |
| Date: | 05 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Children of the University class of 1928 put on a show for their parents' 25th class reunion that depicted scenes of the U.W. campus in 1928. Lucia Koltes ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Men and women, some in bathing suits, pose in front of the Gallop Inn Resort restaurant. |
| Date: | 01 01 1997 |
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| Description: | "This and the following pages show the 'Polar Bear Club' ready for a swim at Port Washington on New Year's Day. Lucky for them, temperatures were in the lo... |
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