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| Description: | Tents, people in costume, and food tables at a carnival on the grounds of Taliesin. Taliesin was the Wisconsin residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Tali... |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an... |
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| Description: | Santa Claus handing out presents at a Christmas party for Wisconsin Rapids Cub Scouts. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke, G.P. Huntley, and Norma Whalley as characters from The School Girl. Billie Burke was a hit when she sang "Put Me in My Little Canoe... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Badger Beauty contest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Helen Fitzgerald is shown in back against the wall 6th from the left. She was a member of Tri... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of two protesters on Ecology day at General Motors. The protesters are holding a banner and wearing gas masks. A large office building and a pro... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Bread and Puppet Theater members protesting at General Motors Headquarters. A crowd of people wearing gas masks and hooded cloaks reminiscent of the grim r... |
| Date: | 06 23 1939 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lora Lee holding a cane and wearing a top hat, dancing costume and ballet shoes. It is inscribed "To Marian, who is my pal at Normal School & c... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Pierre Sidell posing onstage in a dancing costume. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell contorts her body in a dancer's pose. She is wearing a beaded costume and a feathered headdress. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell strikes an elegant pose, dressed in a beaded costume and feathered headdress. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses with cymbals, with her knee raised high. She is wearing an elaborate costume. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses holding a small jug on her shoulder. She is wearing a face veil and headdress. From an undated (but probably 1922) article in the Ke... |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell". |
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| Description: | The Sidell sisters create a dramatic, elegant dance pose as Billie (Violet), who is standing, holds Pierre upside-down across her shoulders. |
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