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Unidentified Man Dancing

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Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
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Wedding Dance

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Unidentified couple dancing at the wedding of Kenneth Hoerres: a little girl and an adult man, perhaps her grandfather. In background are several other cou...
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University League Junior Division

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Ann F. Warren, cutting in on Kathleen and Calvin Royston during the balloon tag dance at the Woman's Club Building, 240 West Gilman Street.
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Monie Archie (?)

Date: 06 17 1948
Description: Portrait of Monie Archie (?) University of Wisconsin instructor, in dance costume.
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Best Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Group Dances

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Description: Dancers at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial, in the Amphitheater.
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Hula dancer, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Metcalf, 3116 Crestwood Drive, in Hawaiian costume, practicing her dance routine for the Naval Officers and Wives Club Chri...
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Lowell School Dancers

Date: 01 07 1949
Description: Lowell School students staged a demonstration of "Music and Dance" for educators attending the mid-winter music clinic at the University of Wisconsin. Dori...
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Skating to a waltz at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field, are Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Dugan, 1323 Chandler Avenue, memb...
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross variety show at Washington School auditorium. Performers are: Barbara Marshall, Jane Rosen and Deanne Macaulay. The students are from Lowe...
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Wisconsin Union Theater Centennial Play, "River Boat"

Date: 03 02 1949
Description: The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat," an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Un...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Carmen Hernandez of Milwaukee, a native of Puerto Rico, and Herbert Salgado of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dancing the samba at the University of Wisconsin Int...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Mary Jane Iss of Milwaukee, a co-ed of Austrian descent and co-chairman of the International Club's social committee, and Edward Bank of Algoma, whose ance...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Mrs. Harry P. (Merry) Stoll applies makeup to her husband, Harry P. Stoll, the master of ceremonies for the JCC musical review "Then and Now." Mrs. Stoll ...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Two high school girls, Virginia Stamm (left), 3405 Crestwood Drive, and Jeanne Tierney, 2922 Lakeland Avenue, are shown practicing for their roles as "hoop...
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Tim Crimmins

Date: 03 08 1950
Description: Tim Crimmins, 149 Rodney Court, dances an Irish jig in costume. Born in County Cork, Ireland, Crimmins immigrated to United States at age 15.
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YWCA Activities, Modern Dance Class

Date: 09 12 1950
Description: Marjorie Muehl Parkin, far right, is the instructor for the modern dance class at the YWCA. She also teaches at the University of Wisconsin. She is shown ...
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Unidentified Tap Dancer

Date: 10 18 1950
Description: Portrait of an unidentified tap dancer (possibly Charlotte Thorsen).
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University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball

Date: 03 24 1952
Description: Participants at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball. Standing is Marian Kurick of Czecko-Slovakian descent, wearing a gypsy costume...
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U.W. International Club Costume Ball

Date: 03 24 1952
Description: Mrs. John Dowling, a participant at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball, wearing a Spanish costume and doing a Spanish dance

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