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| 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: | 09 13 1927 |
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| Description: | View of a group of people who are facing away looking at something. |
| Date: | 12 29 1953 |
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| Description: | The annual Christmas Charity Ball held at the Loraine Hotel. Joan Fagan, general chairperson for the ball, is helped with her coat by Denny Cosgrove. She i... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is painting his eyebrows. |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown J. Leigh's finished face with what would be a red nose. Leigh is also in full costume with hat and shirt. |
| Date: | 06 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Marie Lipka, a director of the Atwood Community House, receives a check from the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce. Looking on, while doing yard work and ... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Bandleader Monty Hacker dressed in a clown suit and with smiling makeup on his face at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field.... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Cinematographer James Wong Howe applying makeup to actor John Garfield who is sitting in a chair on the set of the 1947 film "Body and Soul." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Katharine Hepburn having her makeup applied by makeup artist George Frost while on set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." They are on a covered porch. |
| Date: | 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Marcelaine "Marcy" Hobson (1925-2010) looking to the right. Marcy is wearing a dark suit jacket and a white ruffled collar. Her ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Shriner clowns Harley Moore, left, and Ray Wheeler waving goodbye to the Zor Shrine group leaving the Madison airport for a tour of Hawaii. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A group of people on a horse-drawn wagon. They are holding or playing instruments, and appear to be wearing blackface makeup. Text written at bottom reads:... |
| Date: | 11 29 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Zor clowns, Ray Wheeler (left) and Harley Moore attempt to give an impromptu shave to Shrine Oriental band director, Louis Pitzner, at the Zor Shrine's... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) looking off to the right. This photograph ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| 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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