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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Inside of flyer for family party held at Walla Theater, in Walhalla, North Dakota and sponsored by the Cavanagh Implement Company, an International Harvest... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Flyer for a family party at the high school auditorium in Columbus, Montana, sponsored by the Nystul Lumber & Imp. Co., an International Harvester dealer. ... |
| Date: | 03 09 1961 |
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| Description: | A profile view of three bearded engineering students who are posing and admiring trophies. The students, left to right, are John Menning, Dave Ludwig, and ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Czechoslovakian film poster for the Armenian film, "Ïóòü íà àðåíó." Abstract drawing of a clown juggling three balls while standing on one foot. |
| Date: | 04 22 1964 |
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| Description: | A large audience is looking up at a raised stage where church teacher Lynnda Cunningham has popped out of a large lidded cardboard box (in imitation of a j... |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of clowns standing beside and on a car decorated with the Zor Shriners logo. On the front of the car a large horn labeled "Zor Shrine" is mo... |
| Date: | 07 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of George Parisi and Henry Turville, Lions club members, setting up a fireworks fund barrel at Vilas Park to collect donations for the annual... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | A Madison Knights of Columbus clown wheeling his unicycle along the parade route during the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. |
| Date: | 08 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A clown performing on a bicycle at the Knights of Columbus Funfest at Breese Stevens field. The event is a fund raiser for the benefit of crippled and hand... |
| Date: | 07 22 1965 |
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| Description: | Gene Clark is dressed in clown attire for a press preview of the 16th Annual Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch. Proceeds from the rodeo go to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A man dressed as a clown is standing next to a young boy at Circus World Museum. The boy is sitting on the side of a circus wagon. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A clown on stilts is pointing towards the left. Behind him a crowd of people are standing in a line. Two circus wagons are behind the crowd, one an animal ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people standing or sitting on the side of a road. Many of them are sitting on the back of their cars. A truck, decorated in pin... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | A barbershop quartet of U.W. students singing on behalf of prom queen candidate, Mary Gisvold of Chippewa Falls, at the rally in the Memorial Union Rathske... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Four sorority sisters performing an Indian "war dance" on behalf of their candidate for prom queen, Doris Sickert from Wauwatosa, at the rally at the Memor... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Four male "chorus girls" dancing on behalf of their prom queen candidate, Gloria Robbins of Oshkosh, at the rally at the Memorial Union Rathskellar. The pe... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Prom queen candidate Jean Riley of Green Bay (a.k.a. "Calamity Jean") appearing with two "bashful cowhands," who are singing on her behalf at the rally in ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Group of seven men posing in clown costumes and holding musical instruments. A drum on a wheeled cart has a cartoon representation of a clown, and is label... |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is warming up make-up with his hands to make it more pliable before applying it to his face. |
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