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| Date: | 10 01 1943 |
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| Description: | Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Sergeant Henry Hale Uhar and seven other soldiers dressed as "Hawaiian Maidens," on stage at the Wisconsin Memorial Union ... |
| Date: | 01 08 1931 |
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| Description: | View towards a man dressed as a woman, with his back turned, standing in front of a group of American Legion men posing in a room at the G.A.R. Hall. The m... |
| Date: | 11 13 1930 |
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| Description: | "Archers" group on stage at Emerson School. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The Sidell Sisters in the Apache dance scene from Ziegfield's production of Show Boat. The Sidell Sisters were former students of Leo Kehl. |
| Date: | 12 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Participants in the "Fifty Years of Haresfoot" costume floor show are; (standing from left to right) Evan Clingman, John Griesbach, Don Minstor, Milt Beckm... |
| Date: | 02 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Nine women, all but two in blackface and all dressed in drag for a minstrel show, presented by a St. Bernard's Catholic Church Christian Mothers group. Sea... |
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| Description: | Robert Bloch wearing a dress, a blonde wig, eyeglasses and a feathered hat, strums a ukulele while holding a cigarette and sticking his tongue out. On the ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Mazie Trumbull, famous as a cross-dresser and dancer, and her sister Frances, side by side in a White Studio photograph. |
| Date: | 03 24 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Billie is dressed as a man, and Pierre is lying on a table with Billie leaning over her. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, floating in a washtub labeled: "Lady Davis" which is flying the Confederate flag. He is holding a bottle in his left h... |
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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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| 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. |
| Date: | 10 23 1953 |
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| Description: | Four costumed actors rehearse for the "Periwinkle Review", an original showboat review sponsored by the Drama Department of the Woman's Club. |
| Date: | 11 03 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Dizzy Sizzlers were a comedy band based in Watertown that performed throughout Wisconsin during the 1950s and 1960s. |
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