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Swimming at Bass Lake State Beach

Description: Tourists and locals enjoy swimming and diving at Bass Lake near Knox, Indiana. In 1931 the state of Indiana built Bass Lake State Beach using long drag lines to pull sand from the lake’s bottom to build the beach.At the time of this photo the beach was owned by the state of Indiana. After 2000, both the beach and nearby campgrounds have been owned and operated by private businesses.
Origin: c1940
Publisher: Fotoshop
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p181901coll014/id/38
Collection: Starke County Collection
Copyright: Digital image © 2006 Starke County Historical Society. This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code), which governs reproduction, distribution, display, and certain other uses of protected works. The user of this material is responsible for compliance with the Law.
Subjects: Starke County (Ind.)
Beaches
Swimmers
Diving
Summer
Tourists

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