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Irish Operetta at Madison Central High School

Date: 03 07 1961
Description: Jake Standifird (right, wearing a skirt) and Dawn Huett performing in a scene involving a switch of the sexes in the operetta "Bits of Blarney" which will ...
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University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Club Show

Date: 03 30 1961
Description: The University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Club Show returns to Madison from a six-day tour with its 1961 production, "Wonderful Show No.2." Haresfoot features ...
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University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Club Show

Date: 03 30 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Club Show returns to Madison from a six-day tour with its 1961 production, "Wonderful Show No.2." Haresfoot features in i...
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Edgewood High School's Production of "Brigadoon"

Date: 04 11 1961
Description: Five cast members in the Edgewood high school's production of "Brigadoon." Left to right are: Ellen Bowar, Modest Richards, Mary Ann Brodzeller, John Armst...
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Wearing costumes to represent the song "The Sheik of Araby" are, left to right: Philip Wipperman, Mrs. John Larsen (Cross Plains), and Jeanne Wipperman.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in amusing costumes representing well-known songs of the day are (seated) Francis and Betty Coon and (standing) Dorothy and Kenneth Lindquist.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in a beaded black "Roaring Twenties" dress is Donna Bartel. In the background is Ronald Bartel dressed as "The Moonlight Gambler". Both are represen...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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Institute for Local History Annual Meeting

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Three people in a skit written by Forest A. Johnson, of Mt. Horeb, who wrote skits to be presented by the Mt. Horeb Centennial Pageant committee at the ban...
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We Saw You . . . at Spahnferckel

Date: 11 03 1961
Description: Talking over the contracting business at the Madison Mechanical Contractors Association annual Spahnferckel are (left to right): V.J. (Dean) Johnson, Edwar...
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Madison Catholic Woman's Club's Style Show

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Leslie Antonius and Mary Salewski modeling vintage clothing and hats provided by the State Historical Society. They are shown modeling these clothes in the...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus

Date: 07 30 1962
Description: A circus clown on stilts is walking past the audience in the Big Top set up at the Dane County Fairgrounds.
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Pumpkin Totem Pole at Gompers School

Date: 10 30 1963
Description: Teresa Vos, age 5, dressed as a ghost, pays homage to a pumpkin totem pole at Gompers school.
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Madison Firefighters Local 311 Hosts Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Madison Firefighters Local 311 hosts a Christmas Party in the children's ward of St. Mary's Hospital complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Daniel Deneen...
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Madison Firefighters Local 311 Hosts Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Madison Firefighters Local 311 hosting a Christmas Party in the children's ward of St. Mary's Hospital complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Susan Loomis...
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Breakfast with Santa

Date: 12 21 1963
Description: Unidentified youngster shown enjoying breakfast with Santa at Manchester's Department Store.
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: Sandra Lea rehearsing for her ballerina performance on the long television benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund on WISC-TV, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin St...

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