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Boy Scouts, Troop #24

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #24, Explorer Post from Nichols School, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park with Lake Monona in the background.
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West High School Baseball Players

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background.
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota skin-divers, Dick Charmley and Gary Davies, shown with fish that they have harpooned. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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Skin Divers Posing with Fish

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing.
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Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
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Madison Central High School Students on Pier

Date: 05 28 1945
Description: Group portrait of four Madison Central High School students relaxing on a pier on Lake Mendota. Pictured left to right: Alice Jensen, daughter of Mr. and M...
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Southern Ten Conference Golf Champion

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Wisconsin High School student Doug Campbell, wearing a letter sweater, is the medalist for the Southern 10 meets.
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Teen-Agers Skating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Winter scene with Dick Roberts and Mary Lita Jensen, West High School students (Madison, Wisconsin), ice skating.
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Four Madison Teenagers in Swimming Suits

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Four Madison teenagers at the Willows swimming beach as they await the opening of city beaches. Seated on the ground is Nancy Fitzgibbon. Nancy Roark is pe...
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Mary Brandel and Friends on a Pier

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, right, in bathing cap, poses with two friends on a pier to which a rowboat is moored. They are all wearing bathing suits. The far shoreline o...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 05 1950
Description: Two Madison teenagers, Judith Rendall and Gina Johnson, standing on board Judy's Class C sailboat "Nite-Hawk."
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Divisional Skating Champions Crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet

Date: 12 27 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Divisional Skating Champions crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet at Vilas Park.
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Boat Landing at Armson's Report — Lake Mason

Date: 1926
Description: View from shoreline of boat landing. A boy rows a boat nearby, and another boy fishes from a boat resting on the shoreline.
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Three campers stand near the lakeshore at the Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenburg. From left are: Judy Wrysinski of Mt. Horeb...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Campers and staff sit by the water while sanding canoe paddles during the seventh and eighth grade Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Br...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Three teenage swimmers lean on the edge of the pier at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp on the shore of Lake Mendota. The girls are, left to right: Bon...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Three sailing enthusiasts at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp on the shore of Lake Mendota, sit in a sailboat. Sheila Owens, left, granddaughter of Mrs...
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Swimmers on a Pier

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Description: Large group of young women and girls lined up on a pier. A group of them are perched on a diving platform on the end. A man and woman are in a boat in fron...
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Pier at Brictson's Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
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Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...

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