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| Date: | 04 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the dance hall at the Eagle's Club, 23 West Doty Street. There are chairs and a piano on the stage. Just above the stage is a large "W," a... |
| Date: | 08 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums. |
| Date: | 08 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums. |
| Date: | 08 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Robert Novy's Opera House and Dance Hall, site of a recording session by Helene Stratman-Thomas. |
| Date: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Rexair (vacuum cleaner) Company male and female employees in the Pompeii Room of the Loraine Hotel, with a live turkey and a poster that ... |
| Date: | 09 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Young people at a union-sponsored dance in Milwaukee crowd around the stage, perhaps while the band is taking a break. |
| Date: | 03 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Young Adult Club 1st Anniversary dance in the Community Center. Dancing on the ballroom floor are: left to right, Mary Imhoff and Joe Prestigiacomo, and Ma... |
| Date: | 12 09 1947 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin's annual football banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel. Speakers of the evening included: back row, L to R: Jack Wi... |
| Date: | 05 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Testimonial banquet, in Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel, sponsored by the Rotary Club, for Thomas E. Jones, U.W. track coach, who will be retiring af... |
| Date: | 11 23 1948 |
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| Description: | At a VFW banquet, Lyall T. Beggs, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was honored by the VFW and Madison citizens at the Hotel Loraine in t... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Julius J. Wergin Company's decorating crew painting the ceiling while standing on scaffolding high above the New Opera House floor. Paint cans,... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the main ballroom of the New Opera House following remodeling. Wreathed cupids and decorative scrollwork embellish the tiered boxes, ceiling and wa... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rear of the New Opera House at 411 N. 8th Street following remodeling, with its ornately decorated walls, tiered boxes and projecting ... |
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