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Halloween Party at the Orpheum

Date: 10 31 1930
Description: View from the stage of a full audience of costumed Halloween party-goers in the auditorium at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street.
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Graduates in Caps and Gowns

Date: 06 01 1957
Description: Graduates in caps and gowns attend the graduation ceremony.
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Audience at Smitty's Hall

Date: 03 26 1946
Description: Audience at Smitty's Hall, Waunakee, for the grand opening program sponsored by the Milwaukee Cheese Company, which opened a new cheese plant on April 1st.
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University Students Attending Lecture

Date: 10 17 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin students attending a lecture in Room 272 Bascom Hall.
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Central High School Band

Date: 04 20 1932
Description: Central High School band on the auditorium stage.
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Middleton High School Yearbook Staff

Date: 12 10 1928
Description: Middleton High School yearbook staff working together while sitting around tables. A basketball net is behind them in front of a mural.
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Middleton High School Yearbook Staff

Date: 12 10 1928
Description: Middleton High School yearbook staff. There are three groups working at separate tables. Behind them is a stage, and a basketball net.
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Middleton High School Honor Roll Students

Date: 12 10 1928
Description: Middleton High School honor roll students and scholastic team posing for a group portrait around a table in front of a mural and basketball hoop in the gym...
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Central High School Auditorium "Mass Meeting"

Date: 12 08 1928
Description: Students assemble for the first annual homecoming rally of Central High School students in the Central High School auditorium, photographed for the school ...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Sales Class

Date: 07 08 1946
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin Power & Light Company salesmen attending a class in the VFW Hall, 113-115 East Mifflin Street.
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Performing Circus Elephants

Date: 1943
Description: A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ...
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Taking the Civil Service Exam

Date: 06 1919
Description: A large group of men and women are sitting at typewriters in a gymnasium to take the state civil service exam.
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Biennial American Nursing Association Convention

Date: 06 16 1952
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the biennial convention of the American Nursing Association. The nurses are in an auditorium, sitting in groups by state.
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Madison Turners Birthday Dinner

Date: 02 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of a portion of the crowd of 200 at the 95th birthday celebration dinner at the Turner hall. Those seated at the speakers' table are, left to...
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South Milwaukee Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the South Milwaukee Public Library. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "South Milwaukee branch: a children entertainment." Stamped into p...
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New York State Reformatory

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Description: View from stage of the auditorium. Male inmates fill the seats, and a man sits on the stage facing them. Caption reads: "The Auditorium - New York State Re...
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Women at IHC Agriculture Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: Group of women, and a few children, seated in a meeting hall at an Agricultural Extension lecture on Home Economics. A woman at the front of the hall is po...
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Unitarian Anniversary Dinner

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House, with the benches and tables configured for a banquet marking the congr...
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Frame 51: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 1964
Description: A large group sit in an auditorium facing an empty stage at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic (MFDP) State Convention. Signs posted among the chairs bear ...
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Frame 52: Mrs. Gray Speaking

Date: 1964
Description: Victoria Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidate, speaks at an MFDP meeting. In the background a man stand in front of an empty stage. ...

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