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Swimming in Bay City
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Group portrait of four young women sitting on the edge of a dock with their feet in the water. One woman is holding a Pepsi bottle. In the background, boats are pulled up on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Beach, dock, and spring-fed fish pond make Bay City a wonderful place for young people to spend their summers. Here are Jill Johnson, Kathy Dougherty, Nanci Evans and Lynn Johnson."
June 20, 1966
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Hunters on the Pond
1910
View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attached to a wooden plank suspended along the do...
Group on Dock Watching Sailboats
1900
A group of men and women standing on a dock watching sailboats cast off. The tree covered shoreline is visible in the distance.
Camp Hiwela Staff
1950
Three rows of women are posing outdoors for a group portrait. They are wearing uniforms for a Camp Hiwela.
Couple Boating on Small Pond
1972
Color advertising photograph of an International Custom 1010 pickup with a young man and woman boarding a small boat at a dock on a rural pond.
Dock in Sturgeon Bay
1895
Seven men, standing informally, some wearing “yachting caps”, on a dock, presumably in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
