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Cub Scout Frank Sinatra Act

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Highlight of the entertainment at the final dancing party of the Junior Cotillion club of Wisconsin High School was the Frank Sinatra act put on by members...
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Dennis Morgan

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Hollywood singer and actor, Dennis Morgan, in Madison to visit patients at Truax Field. He is on USO tour as a representative of the Hollywood Victory comm...
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Rudy Vallee with baton

Date: 1929
Description: Rudy Vallee conducts musicians as a woman sings in "Glorifying the American Girl," a Paramount musical from 1929.
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Lou Tellegen, Geraldine Farrar, and Two Dogs

Date: 1917
Description: Lou Tellegen, Dutch-born actor, and Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano and silent film actress, and two canine friends. Tellegen and Farrar were m...
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Joseph Santley, Joseph Santley, Jr., and Ivy Sawyer

Date: 1919
Description: Original caption: "Here's the real boss of the Santley Family. Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, stars of the 'Music Box Revue', may have to obey the orders ...
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Fred Stone and Family in Atlantic City

Date: 1928
Description: Original caption: "Fred Stone, America's Foremost Comedian and his happy family photographed recently on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Left to Right: Car...
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Robert Cain, Raymond Bloomer, and Lina Cavalieri scene still

Date: 1918
Description: In a scene still for the silent drama "A Woman of Impulse," Leonora, the opera singer known as "La Vecci" (played by Lina Cavalieri) sits in her backstage ...
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"Naughty Marietta" Operetta

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: An informal shot of five of "Naughty Marietta" operetta's leading characters. Shown seated are Joan Herreid (Lizette) and Dick Togstad (Lt. Gov. Grandet). ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: In the final scene of the opera "Falstaff", Sir John with arms outstretched is played by Robert Tottingham. Directly behind him, left to right, are his two...
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Opera Group

Date: 1920
Description: Group of opera singers in costume, perhaps at rehearsal or backstage at a performance. They are: Leota Cardati, Ilma Bayle, Rosa Salvina, Vassie Darnelle, ...

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