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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
Photograph

Majorettes

Date: 11 03 1962
Description: Majorettes dancing in a parade. They were members of the Milwaukee Continentals marching band.
Photograph

Dancers Frolic Among the Trees

Date: 1923
Description: University of Wisconsin physical education interpretive dance students perform out of doors in a grassy meadow.
Photograph

Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi...
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Vagabonds Shimmy

Date: 03 03 1963
Description: Skiers dance and twist in the Northland hotel dining room.
Photograph

Ballroom at Kehl's Dancing Academy

Date: 
Description: The ballroom at Kehl's Dancing Academy, later the Kehl School of Dance, located at 309 West Johnson Street. The building was later the Labor Temple.
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Portrait of Frederick Kehl

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Description: Portrait of Frederick W. Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Magazine or Periodical

Leo Kehl on The American Dancer Cover

Date: 08 1937
Description: Cover of The American Dancer magazine featuring Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance and Genevieve Esse Kehl.
Photograph

Leo Kehl and Granddaughter

Date: 1959
Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter.
Photograph

Kehl Dancers in Mexican Costume

Date: 
Description: A group of 12 dancers pose in Mexican costume at the Kehl School of Dance. Leo Kehl, head of the school, appears second from the left.
Photograph

Kehl Dancers in Black Costume

Date: 1920
Description: Six girls in black costumes pose on stage at the Kehl School of Dance.
Photograph

Colonial Hall / Kehl School Of Dance

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Description: A group of men stand outside Colonial Hall / Kehl School of Dance, 113 East Mifflin Street. Part of an alley can be seen to the right.
Photograph

Frederick Kehl with Group at Party

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Frederick Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin, with a large group, probably taken at a party at his Florida home.
Photograph

Kehl Students In Ballet Costumes

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Description: Three students at the Kehl School of Dance pose in ballet costume. From left to right: Jo Jean Kehl, Joan Batz, Jo Ann Kehl.
Photograph

Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ...
Photograph

Kehl's Dancing Academy

Date: 
Description: Kehl's Dancing Academy, later used as the Labor Temple. A roofed entrance is over the sidewalk.
Photograph

Highlander Folk School Youth Project Dance

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Description: Youth dancing at the Highlander Folk School as part of the Summer Youth Project program. Wendy Davis is in the lower left.
Poster

Dance Benefit Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Dance Benefit poster to help free the Camp McCoy 3. Features illustration of the Camp McCoy 3 bound with chains around their arms and legs. Featured live p...
Photograph

Lumber Camp Fiddler and Jig Dancer

Date: 
Description: Two men in a lumber camp bunkhouse. The man on the right is sitting on a stump playing a fiddle, while the man on the left is dancing.
Print

Menominee Training School Dance Card

Date: 06 23 1908
Description: Menominee Training School dance card.

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