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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Linda Seed, lifeguard, is removing sand from the eye of John Hilhard with the help of Jackie Klopp, who is handing her an ampule of olive oil to soothe Joh...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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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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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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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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Swimmers on the Pier at Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored image of two swimmers sitting on a pier with their legs in the water at a camp in West Point sponsored by Neighborhood House. Several other sw...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 21 1957
Description: Twenty of the winners in the swimming events in the annual city meet are posing in swim suits at B.B. Clark beach on Spaight Street. In the front row are C...
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High School Girls at Lathrop Hall

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a...
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Attending the pool party for teenage members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends are Lyn Harris, Billie Hinz, Rita Hanson and Jan von Eschen.
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Attending the pool party for teenage members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends are, center, Shirley Knudtson, Jeff Mucks, Eric Schubring an...
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Reid Bennett (left) and Ray Evans, and Fern Langmeyer attending the pool party for teenager members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends.
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The Boys Go Swimming

Date: 1916
Description: Jack and Russell Greene go swimming in the lake after setting up camp. There is a canoe in the foreground.
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Running Into the Lake

Date: 1916
Description: One of the Greene boys running into the lake.
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Jack in the Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: View of Jack during a swim in the lake. This is in the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Summer music camp participants shown coming from a swim on the University of Wisconsin campus. The teenagers are (left to right): Kay Halverson (of Menasha...

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