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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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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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Toll Bridge across the Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River. Men and boys stand on the railing of the covered bridge. A sign warns: "look out for the cars."
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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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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Two campers from Sun Prairie looking at a turtle found during the seventh and eighth grade Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenbur...
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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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Environmental Studies

Date: 1978
Description: Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River.
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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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Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1904
Description: A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Second Hostel Trip

Date: 06 26 1940
Description: Page from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by the settlement house, with images of girls on their bikes and resting on a d...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season Trip #3 Highlights

Date: 07 22 1941
Description: Scrapbook page of trip highlights from a bike hosteling trip to Pine Bluff (Dane County), Sauk City (Sauk County), and Okee (Columbia County), sponsored by...
Manuscript

Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Camp 1930

Date: 1930
Description: Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o...
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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...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...
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Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of the 1958 city speed skating champions who won their races in the finals at Vilas Park.

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