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| 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... |
| 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: | 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. |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 09 1953 |
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| Description: | Bob Lulling (?) dressed as a woman posing as a dancer. |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | A barbershop quartet of U.W. students singing on behalf of prom queen candidate, Mary Gisvold of Chippewa Falls, at the rally in the Memorial Union Rathske... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Four male "chorus girls" dancing on behalf of their prom queen candidate, Gloria Robbins of Oshkosh, at the rally at the Memorial Union Rathskellar. The pe... |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent... |
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