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Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...
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Laird and Ann Margaret

Date: 05 07 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, speaking at a Savings Bond rally at the Pentagon. On the platform is actress Ann Margaret wearing a short ...
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"Haystacks and Steeples" Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in a scene from "Haystacks and Steeples".
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

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Description: A young Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in headscarves, shown working on their studio.
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Fontanne in her Drawing Room

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Description: Lynn Fontanne having breakfast in her drawing room at Ten Chimneys.
Poster

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster announcing a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," at Broom Street Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed by the Broom Street ...
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Sherilyn Fenn at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actress Sherilyn Fenn being made up for her role as Billie Freschette during the filming for "Dillinger," a made-for-TV movie filmed at Old World Wisconsin...
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Vintage Automobiles on Movie Set

Date: 1990
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".
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Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
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...
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Mae Murray

Date: 1908
Description: Original caption: "Mae Murray, who just recently completed 'Circe,' as she looked when she appeared on the stage. Miss Murray started her career as a dance...
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Agnes Moorehead

Date: 1904
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age sitting in a handsome wicker baby carriage outdoors.
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 1923
Description: Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish.
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D. W. Griffith and Mae Marsh

Date: 01 02 1923
Description: Director D. W. Griffith greets actress Mae Marsh by tipping his hat.
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D.W. Griffith, Mae Marsh, and Ivor Novello

Date: 05 07 1923
Description: Original caption: "D.W. Griffith rehearses Mae Marsh and Ivor Novello for scene in his forthcoming production of The White Rose in spot near Miami,...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1910
Description: Valeska Suratt starred in the 1910 play The Girl with the Whooping Cough. The stamp on the back of the print reads: "A.H. Woods presents VALESKA SU...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda with broom and janitor's hat.

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