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Franklin School Children on Stage

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: Group portrait of a large group of children in costume, some in blackface, on the stage at Franklin School. 305 W. Lakeside Street.
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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Scene of a Humorous Murder

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Description: Harold Gauer, wearing makeup, a false nose and smoking a cigar, stands next to Alice Bedard, holding a revolver. They are standing over the body of Robert ...
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Gauer with Makeup and Pig-Nose

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Description: A shirtless Harold Gauer wearing elaborate facial make-up, a wig, and a prosthetic pig-like nose, and smoking a pipe.
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) and Lenka Peterson (playing Lucy H...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of Sorrell Booke (playing Dr. Jackson) and James Whitmore (playing John Ho...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of Richard Ward (playing Burt Wilson) and James Whitmore (playing John Hor...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton).
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton).
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) sitting at a table with two uniden...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) and Dan Priest (playing a bus driv...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) in a diner with two unidentified a...
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Agnes Moorehead as Endora

Date: 1968
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Agnes Moorehead as 'Endora' from the TV show "Bewitched." She is holding a cigarette holder up to her mouth and is smiling. The ...
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Myrna Loy in "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Myrna Loy, who played the Sengalese spy Fifi in the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front", poses for a photograph. Loy is wearing a black curly wig and bla...
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Dane County Amateur Theatrical Group

Date: 1923
Description: Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923".

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