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Bert Williams

Date: 1921
Description: White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams.
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

Date: 1950
Description: Scene still from "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye."
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Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt

Date: 1931
Description: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in a scene from "Reunion in Vienna."
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Christopher Columbus Play

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Four children in costume surround a cardboard cutout of a sailing ship for a play about Christopher Columbus. The play was performed at Longfellow School, ...
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Vernon and Irene Portrayed by Fred and Ginger

Date: 1939
Description: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the motion picture, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (RKO, 1939). Although Astaire and Rogers were ideally cast to...
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Eddie Cantor on an International TD-18 Tractor

Date: 04 18 1939
Description: Eddie Cantor mugging on an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor at the National Roadbuilders Show. Mr. Gainsford of the Los Angeles branch house is p...
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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Date: 1954
Description: Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot...
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Holy Redeemer School Play

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Students play cast in costume on stage at Holy Redeemer Catholic School 140 West Johnson Street.
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Edgewood High School

Date: 05 21 1945
Description: Students play cast in costume on stage at Edgewood High School, 2209 Monroe Street.
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Edgewood High School Play, "Mummy and the Mumps"

Date: 05 04 1944
Description: Ten student actors and actresses in costume on stage for "Mummy and the Mumps" at Edgewood High School 2206 Monroe Street.
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Edgewood High School Play, "Mummy and the Mumps"

Date: 05 04 1944
Description: Ten student actors and actresses in costume on stage performing "Mummy and the Mumps"at Edgewood High School 2206 Monroe Street.
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St. James Class Play

Date: 05 03 1942
Description: Group portrait of play cast on stage for St. James Catholic School, 1204 St. James Court.
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St. James Class Play

Date: 05 03 1942
Description: Group portrait of play cast, St. James Catholic School, 1204 St. James Court.
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Blackfriars Production of "Stage Door"

Date: 12 02 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast of "Stage Door" on stage, presented by Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Cast & Staff of "Bolt Your Houses"

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast and staff of "Bolt Your Houses" on stage.
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Roundy Coughlin on the Orpheum Theatre Stage

Date: 05 27 1939
Description: Roundy Coughlin in a police uniform, standing in front of a motorcycle and a life-sized poster of four movie stars on a tandem bicycle. This event occurred...
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Spanish Play at Bascom Theatre

Date: 03 14 1939
Description: Cast of University of Wisconsin Spanish department play on stage at Bascom Hall Theatre.
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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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West High School Play Cast

Date: 10 12 1934
Description: Four actors standing at a table on stage in the West High School auditorium.
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Badger Theater Group

Date: 01 20 1934
Description: Group portrait of three women and two men who are in the Badger theater group in Mt. Horeb participating in the Dane County rural drama tournament. Left to...

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