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Batman Leaps from International Scout Pickup

Date: 1966
Description: Man dressed in costume as Batman is leaping from the back of an International Scout pickup as part of a promotion for the Norwalk Theatre. The Scout is par...
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Aunt Mary Gives a "Corn-top Bread" Lunch

Date: 11 22 1931
Description: Aunt Mary putting on a "Corn-top Bread" lunch in the Orpheum Theatre N.U.A. room. Seated left to right: Dave Genaro, Lizzy Wilson, Tom Harris, Annie Hart, ...
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Dane and Arthur in Lobby of Park Hotel

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, Hollywood movie stars, standing in the lobby at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Harold S. Knudson, assistant manager of the ...
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Dane County Theater Group Champions

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Group portrait of Dane county theater group champions on stage holding a painting.
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Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Crater Players on stage rehearsing for the play, "The Drunkard". Left to right are: organizer Professor Ronald E. Mitchell, Olaf Ussing, Josephine Bomgardn...
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Crater Players at Blue Mounds

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Performers Olaf Ussing, leaning on a cane, and Carole Branley rehearsing for the presentation of "The Drunkard", a Crater Players production. They are in f...
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Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Professor Ronald E. Mitchell's Crater Players. Left to right are: Muriel Berkson, Edwin Morgan, Clifford Owen and Josephine Bomgardner rehearsing on stage.
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola"

Date: 1925
Description: Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio...
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"Bigger Than Life" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)...
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Tourists Visit Universal City

Date: 1916
Description: Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Neal Hart who is in cowboy costume and has his horse nearby. A water tower is visible ...
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"West of Broadway"

Date: 11 1931
Description: A group portrait of the cast of "West of Broadway" at the Hillsboro Opera House.
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Cast and Crew

Date: 04 20 2012
Description: Group portrait of the cast, crew and extended family of David Marcou for the Pulitzer-nominated play "Remembering Davy Crockett," at the end of the world d...
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Lunt and Fontanne in the Garden

Date: 1942
Description: View down rows of vegetable garden at Ten Chimneys of Lynn Fontanne standing on the right and Alfred Lunt standing and waving his hat from a patch of corn....
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"The Floor Below"

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Description: Tom Moore and Mabel Normand are sitting next to each other on a bench in a still from the film "The Floor Below." Normand is drying her eye with Moore's co...
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"Flower Drum Song" Publicity Shot

Date: 07 22 1965
Description: Several actors, all of whom are white and are wearing "yellowface" makeup to caricature Asians, are either dancing or looking on. Caption reads: "The Chine...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Joseph Klein, Lois Klein and Marvin Foster (left to right) are examining a scrapbook depicting the first ten years of activity for the Madison Theatre Guil...
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"Men of Annapolis" Bandstand Scene

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Description: Actress Audrey Dalton and actor Carlton Carpenter film a scene for the television show "Men of Annapolis" on the bandstand at the U.S. Naval Academy. Carp...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Prince Gabriel (Marc McDermott) kisses the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) as Dagmar (Wanda Hawley) kneels beside her and looks on in a scene from...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...

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