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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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Woman and Child in Lake

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Description: Woman and child standing in a lake in shallow water. Other people are standing in the water behind them.
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Women's Diving Lessons

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Description: A woman is standing in a rowboat in a diving position teaching four women in a lake how to dive. The rest of the women are in shirts printed with S.S.B.H. ...
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Returning to Shore

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Description: Four young men and women are standing in or around a motorboat beached on the sandy shoreline, with people swimming in the lake in the background. One woma...
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Group Swimming and Boating

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Description: Three women and two men in swimming suits wade in the river, while two women sit in a rowboat on shore, possibly the Matt Olson farm campground.
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Men, Women and Children Playing in Lake

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of a small group of men, women, and children standing waist-deep in the water.
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At the Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Two men and five women posing in knee-high water. Leonore Judkins Middleton is crouching in front of her husband, Forest Middleton. The woman to the left o...
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Swimmers Standing in Lake

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline.
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Swimming Pool at Meadow Brook Resort

Date: 1933
Description: Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance.
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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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Swimming Platform

Date: 1933
Description: View of men, women, and children wearing swimsuits playing on and swimming near a wooden swimming and diving platform in a lake. In the distance is the far...
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Pool at Gordon Lodge

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Description: A woman in a bathing suit is standing on the edge of a swimming pool and taking a photograph of two children swimming.
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Bathers in the River

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Description: Group portrait of three women, two men, and a boy sitting in the shallow water near a shoreline.
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Woman Diving from Rowboat

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Description: View from rowboat of woman standing on the bow preparing to dive into the water. The boat is being steadied by a man standing in the water. Four other peop...
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Swimmers in Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shorel...
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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...
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Woman About to Dive

Date: 1920
Description: A woman dressed in a bathing suit, shoes and cap is about to dive off of a pier into the water. A rowboat is tethered on the right. Trees can be seen on th...
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Group of People Wading in Shallow River

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Description: View towards a group of men, women, and children wading in shallow water. The far shoreline has a steep bank, with a fence and trees.
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Training Mothers to Teach Swimming

Date: 07 19 1960
Description: At right, Berthaida Fairbanks, physical education and Red Cross instructor, is standing on the side of a swimming pool training the women in the pool how t...
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Grand Rapids Municipal Swimming Pool

Date: 1920
Description: View across the water near the shoreline of the municipal swimming pool. The pool may have been along the Wisconsin River with slides and sandy beaches. A ...

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