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| Date: | 04 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President. |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a screening of "Easy Rider" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, Tuesday, February 9, 1971, depicting Pet... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Actor Mark Harmon on the set at Old World Wisconsin. Harmon starred in the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". Cinematographer Donald M. Morgan... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Vintage automobiles on a Milwaukee Third Ward street used to represent a bank robbery in Mason City for the made-for-TV movie, "Dillinger". |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Three people in costume behind a table. There is a man wearing a false beard a hat, holding a jug with three x's on it, a woman wearing a polka-dot blouse ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ... |
| Date: | 02 10 1950 |
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| Description: | James Dunn, stage and movie star who was appearing in the leading role of "Harvey" at the Parkway Theater, is shown contributing to Madison's heart fund dr... |
| Date: | 03 11 1956 |
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| Description: | Actor Ernest Borgnine, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a butcher in "Marty", reenacted his role for a publicity photograph at a groc... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight westside children who are presenting a play called "Stage Coach Robbery." The proceeds will go to the Polio Fund. Front row, left t... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a poster still for the Warner production "Casablanca" (Warner 1942). |
| Date: | 10 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Atty. Gen. Vernon W. Thomson, GOP gubernatorial candidate, posing with his long-time friend, movie and television actor Dennis Morgan. Morgan was one of th... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Oscar Amos Price, president of the United Artists Corporation, and Mary Pickford. Mr. Chaplin expla... |
| Date: | 04 23 1986 |
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| Description: | This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Gerald Hastings (played by Robert Rendel) listens with great interest as Hope Merrill (Mabel Taliaferro) uses a candlestick telephone by her father's desk.... |
| Date: | 08 14 1957 |
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| Description: | Children who put on the play "Hansel and Gretel" in the basement of the Fred Werren home at 34 Midvale Boulevard. They also sold popcorn, candy bars, and g... |
| Date: | 04 14 1989 |
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| Description: | A man has linked arms with two women and is posing looking at the camera. The group is wearing costumes consisting of vests and straw boater hats. Caption ... |
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