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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach
June 26, 1955
Boys playing in the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach.
Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach
June 26, 1955
Swimming instructor Ann Sundt checking on swimmers in the shallow water at the Vilas Park Beach.
Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer
June 15, 1957
Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the summer of the Madison swimming beaches. Sw...
Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards
June 21, 1960
Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.
Swimming Lessons at Lake Wingra
June 8, 1953
Sally Smith directs a group of beginning boy swimmers during swimming lessons at Lake Wingra.
Boys Play on the Beach at Vilas Park
April 24, 1957
Keith Symon of 1816 Vilas Avenue (front) and John Hunt of 1813 Vilas Avenue (rear) building a sand castle at the Vilas Park beach on a spring day.
