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University of Wisconsin Honors Convocation

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Elevated view of a long line of University of Wisconsin honor students in caps and gowns parading across Union Terrace and up the steps into the Union Thea...
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We Saw You . . . at Farm and Home Events

Date: 01 27 1959
Description: Wisconsin farm folks are getting a real education at the annual Farm and Home Week session on the University of Wisconsin campus. Hundreds of women attende...
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Youth Summer Theater Group

Date: 06 24 1959
Description: Six Madison area teenage members of the Youth Summer Theater rehearse a scene before 30 performances of "The Magic Shoes." The plays were performed at park...
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Theater Guild Opens Season

Date: 09 1959
Description: Carol Bryant, Robert Rancourt and Nancy Fowlkes act out a scene from "The Cold Wind and the Warm", the opening play of the Madison Theater Guild season pre...
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We Saw You at St. James Rehearsal

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: St. James Catholic Theater participants collaborate on set construction for John Willard's play, "The Cat and the Canary." Left to right: Walter Kearns, B...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 11 12 1959
Description: Alice Peet, assistant technical director of the Wisconsin Union Theater, talks with Madison West High School pupils attending the Drama Institute. They are...
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Edgewood High School to Perform Lute Song

Date: 04 19 1960
Description: Costumed Edgewood High School students prepare to give the first of four performances of "Lute Song." Shown left to right are: Annette Letendre, Michael Li...
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Raff Brewster

Date: 05 08 1960
Description: Portrait of Raff Brewster, manager and organizer of the newly organized Westgate-Theater-Go-Round, which will operate in the West Side Business Men's Assoc...
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Madison Theatre Guild

Date: 10 14 1960
Description: Ned Hoebel, president and chairman of the Governors for Madison Theatre Guild, poses with a stage model of the set for the Guild's production of "The Gazeb...
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Monona Grove Play Cast

Date: 10 24 1960
Description: Group portrait of Mary Jambois, Doug Wenger, and Deane Drury, all who have leading roles in the production of "Brigadoon" by Monona Grove High School.
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Madison Theater Guild Chorus Members

Date: 11 13 1960
Description: Portrait of two Madison women who are in the chorus of Madison Theater Guild's production of "Damn Yankees". Pictured are Marilyn Cohn and Carol Stich.
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Madison Theater Guild "Carousel" Cast Members

Date: 03 15 1961
Description: Portrait of family members in the Madison Theater Guild cast of "Carousel". Shown in the front row, left to right, are: Debbie Foster, dancer; Frances Feth...
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Madison Theater Guild's Carousel

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Two men at podiums watch a rehearsal. At upper left is Marvin Foster, musical director and orchestra leader. At lower right is Al Barraclough, managing dir...
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Theater Men and Plaque

Date: 05 02 1961
Description: Three men examining a plaque. The original caption states: "F.J. Williams, left, Portage theater owner and longtime Wisconsin showman, receives a plaque co...
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UW Dames Drama Club Presentations

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Members of the cast of a skit to be presented by the UW Dames Club drama group at the Wisconsin Union Theater stand together in costume. Left to right: Di...
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Madison Theater Group "Village Playhouse"

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Cast members gather for the Village Playhouse production of "Love and Marriage." Director Norma Evans stands at the left. Others standing, left to right, a...
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King Henry Wives Play Reading

Date: 03 19 1961
Description: Six women are sitting with their legs crossed on either side of a man who is wearing a bow tie. The original caption states "King Henry VIII and his wives ...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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Oscar G. Mayer Jr. Giving a Report

Date: 01 25 1964
Description: Oscar G. Mayer Jr., president of the Oscar Mayer Company, at a podium on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre. On the screen is a large map of United States wi...
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Governor's Council on the Arts Honors Individuals at Governor's Executive Residence Dinner

Date: 10 08 1964
Description: Fourteen individuals, or schools, are honored by the Governor's Council of the Arts at a Governor's Executive Residence dinner. The recipients are honored ...

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