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U.W. International Club Costume Ball

Date: 03 24 1952
Description: Four participants at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball gathered at the punch bowl. Left to right: Martin Begus, dressed as Napole...
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1928
Description: Billie is dressed as a man, and Pierre is lying on a table with Billie leaning over her.
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Billie Sidell Costumed as a Man

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Description: Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man.
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The Sidell Sisters in Elaborate Costumes

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Description: Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes.
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Leo Kehl Dancing

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Description: Leo Kehl performs a dance, costumed as a woman.
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Deering Works Canvas Department

Date: 1910
Description: Female factory workers stand around long tables in the canvas department at International Harvester's Deering Works Canvas Department. Canvas is piled in r...
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Periwinkle Review

Date: 10 23 1953
Description: Four costumed actors rehearse for the "Periwinkle Review", an original showboat review sponsored by the Drama Department of the Woman's Club.
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Teen Time Television Show

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Don Aitken, Bill Colletti, and David Vilas dressed as women as they practice their cheerleading act for the "Teen Time" television program. "Teen Time" was...
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Dizzy Sizzlers

Date: 1950
Description: The Dizzy Sizzlers were a comedy band based in Watertown that performed throughout Wisconsin during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
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USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
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Madison Woman's Club Birthday Party

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: One of a series of scenes from the dramatic production "Down Memory Lane", presented in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Madison ...
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Corinne Griffith in "The Adventure Shop"

Date: 1919
Description: Phyllis Blake (played by Corinne Griffith) dressed as a man in a salt-and-pepper suit and bow tie.
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Film Still from "Dollars and Sense"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still - exterior - depicting a young man and young woman looking at each other. The man is played by the actress playing the young woman shown in the ...
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Hawaiian Style Dancers at Benefit

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Six Jewish husbands dressed as female Hawaiian dancers in wigs and grass skirts posing for the camera. The husbands were part of a presentation at the annu...
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...
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Publicity Still of Eleanor Lawson, Marguerite Clark and Helen Greene

Date: 1917
Description: Three English girls who were raised as boys, from left to right: Tommy (played by Marguerite Clark), Willie (Eleanor Lawson), and Noel (Helen Greene) in a ...
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Publicity Still of Marguerite Clark

Date: 1917
Description: Marguerite Clark is seated in a Hansom cab in a publicity still for "The Amazons." She wears a man's tailcoat with white tie, cape, and top hat.
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Agnes Vernon and William Desmond in a scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Wearing men's western clothing Jem Mason (played by Agnes Vernon) looks doubtfully at Bare Fisted Gallagher (William Desmond). She holds a Winchester repea...
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Henry Woodruff, Rhea Mitchell, and Tsuru Aoki in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "The Beckoning Flame," the Indian colonial administrator Harry Dickson (played by Henry Woodruff) and his English ...

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