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Lifebuoy Soap Dancers, Wheeler School of Dance

Date: 05 25 1933
Description: Group of seven dancers posing around an oversize cake of Lifebuoy Health Soap on a stage. The orchestra pit is in the foreground. Billie Usher, Marianne He...
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Girls Listening to Small Radio

Date: 11 10 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco "Irene Girls" listening to a small radio backstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Fanchon & Marco were a brother and sister choreography duo who t...
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: "Living flag" created by the Kehl dancers on the steps of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This close view permits better examination of the ornamentatio...
Poster

Wisconsin Traveler Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s...
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
Poster

Wisconsin Ballet Company Presents "Nutcracker"

Date: 11 27 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Ballet Company's performance of the Nutcracker, held at James Madison Memorial High School. Six dancing, abstract figures ...
Photograph

Leo Kehl Dancers

Date: 06 23 1939
Description: Group portrait of the Leo Kehl Dancers commemorating their recital at the Parkway Theater on June 23rd and 24th. In the first row from left to right ar...
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Girl Dancers in Costume

Date: 1931
Description: Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage.
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: Dancers in three German folk dances given by the the Badgerettes unit include, left to right: Caroline Doersch, Mrs. Dean Hoppmann, Marlene Smedema, and Ar...
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Madison Theater Guild Presents Carousel

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: Three dancers rehearse for their roles in the Madison Theater Guild's production of "Carousel". On the left is Yvette Birs, who plays the lead dance role o...
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Peter and the Wolf Cast

Date: 11 29 1954
Description: Group portrait of the principal characters for a presentation of "Peter and the Wolf" by the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra and the Kathryn Hubbard dance...
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Karla Zhe

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Description: Karla Zhe during a dance routine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Dance Week

Date: 04 27 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Civic Dance Guild are shown rehearsing "En Bateau" from Debussy's "Petite Suite", which is a part of the Young People's matinee conc...
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Night Ballet

Date: 1957
Description: Two ballerinas looking out towards the audience are dancing on a stage, with a spotlight outlining them with light. The dancer on the right is holding an u...

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