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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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Water Skiers on Lake Mendota
July 12, 1955
Joanna "Josie" Mayer and her water skiing partner, Jimmy Schneiders, water ski side by side on Lake Mendota.
Water Skiing on Lake Mendota
July 12, 1955
Lake Mendota water skiers, Joanna (Josie) Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottfried Mayer, (523 Farwell Drive), and Jimmy Schneiders, son of Dr. and Mrs. E.F. Schneiders, (19 Fuller Drive), skiing ...
Couple on Pier with Water Skis
July 12, 1955
A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier.
Tia Nelson Diving into Lake Mendota
July 12, 1955
Tia Nelson, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson, 3010 Oxford Road, dives into Lake Mendota. She was one of Madison's most outstanding young swimmers.
Skin Divers Posing with Fish
July 12, 1955
Dick Charmley and Gary Davies standing on the shore of Lake Mendota with a fish (carp) they caught while spear fishing.
Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment
July 12, 1955
Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
