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Entertainers on Stage at Smitty's Hall
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Group of fifteen entertainers, including Don Simon, announcer, three sets of girl twins (Arline and Irene Ripp, Jean and Janette Heinz and Julia and Elizabeth Kalscheuer) in plaid shirts and the Julie and Juliette Gerke twins, on stage at Smitty's Hall, Waunakee, for the grand opening program sponsored by the Milwaukee Cheese Company, which opened a new cheese plant on April 1st.
March 26, 1946
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Audience at Smitty's Hall
March 26, 1946
Audience at Smitty's Hall, Waunakee, for the grand opening program sponsored by the Milwaukee Cheese Company, which opened a new cheese plant on April 1st.
Musicians on Stage at Smitty's Hall
March 26, 1946
Three adult and two child musicians on stage with xylophone, harp, saxophone, accordion and piano at Smitty's Hall, for the grand opening program sponsored by the Milwaukee Cheese Company which ope...
Three Pairs of Twins and Mr. Ripp
March 16, 1946
Group portrait of three sets of girl twins (Jean and Janette Heinz, Julia and Elizabeth Kalscheur and Arline and Irene Ripp), wearing plaid shirts, and Mr. Ripp wearing a cowboy costume. A woman m...
Juliette Gerke
March 22, 1944
Juliette Gerke, a 9-year-old twin, playing the piano.
Gerke Twins at Piano
March 16, 1946
The Gerke twins, Julie and Juliette, 11-years-old, are wearing matching dresses and bows in their hair. They are joined on the piano bench by a man wearing a bandana and business suit, during a Dan...
Gerke Twins
March 22, 1944
Julie Gerke and Juliette Gerke, 9-year-old twins, photographed through the Grand piano with their heads on their arms. They are wearing matching dresses, and flowers are in their hair.
