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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...
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Dance Performer

Date: 1952
Description: Virginia Lee Kehl MacKesey, performing with "Orchesis," a University of Wisconsin dance company under the direction of Margaret D'Houbler and Louise Kleppe...
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Edgewood High School Prom Royalty

Date: 05 21 1952
Description: Portrait of Frank DiCristina, junior class president, and Jeanne Kroeger, who will reign as king and queen over a land of "Make Believe" at the Edgewood hi...
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Illustration of Dancers

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Description: Couples are dancing and a man smoking a pipe is sitting in a chair watching. A band plays music on a bandstand in the background.
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Nakoma School Graduation Parties

Date: 06 10 1953
Description: Portrait of Irwin Smith and Kay Keliher at a dance at Nakoma Country Club for Nakoma School graduates.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Two of the queen candidates are shown with their escorts. They are Marlys Hitzke (left) and Lenore Zamis (right). Their escorts are Bruce Creger and Harry ...
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Mother and Son Dance

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: Mrs. Kondrad, a dancer, and her son, dancing in a studio.
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West Side Kiwanis Dance

Date: 01 16 1960
Description: Shown at a table, left to right: Carol Robb, Margarete Anderson, Doral Robb, and Donald Anderson.
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Spanish Classes at Edgewood Campus School

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Third grade students at the Edgewood Campus School study Spanish for 20 minutes four days a week. Their teacher is Sister M. Catherine, O.P. Sister Catheri...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Susie Caswell and Dick Josephson sit out during a dance at the Maple Bluff Country Club's social event for teens.
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We Saw You . . . at Rector's Guild Dance

Date: 01 28 1956
Description: Members of the Grace Episcopal Church Rector's Guild attend a tea dance held at Blackhawk Country Club. The Bob Arden Orchestra provides the music. Shown (...
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We Saw You . . . at Rector's Guild Dance

Date: 01 28 1956
Description: Members of the Grace Episcopal Church Rector's Guild attend a tea dance held at the Blackhawk Country Club. The Bob Arden Orchestra provides the music. Sho...
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Annual Valentine Dance

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Mrs. Roger Clark (left) presenting a check for $200 to Mrs. Elaine Ellibee, Wisconsin Central Colony staff person, from the profits of the annual Epsilon S...
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Shorewood Hills Holiday Teen-ager Dancing Party

Date: 12 27 1961
Description: Teen-age girls dancing the twist at the annual Shorewood Hills teen-age dancing party. The six girls in the foreground are, left to right: Barbara Washburn...
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Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Rose Shell and George Theiss demonstrating the motions of the rumba at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Shadows and reflections accompany their instruction ...
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Three Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: George Theiss dancing with Rose Shell (left) and Pauline Keyes at the Arthur Murray studio.
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Two Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Pauline Keyes and Nick Theiss demonstrating the rumba at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Shadows and reflections accompany their instruction in the mirrore...
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Two Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Pauline Keyes and Jim Banta demonstrating a Latin dance step at the Arthur Murray dance studio.
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Los Bailarimos Folkloricos de Waukesha

Date: 04 12 1979
Description: Several people in dresses are standing and holding up their skirts while dancing. Caption reads: "A dance group, the Los Bailarimos Folkloricos de Waukesh...
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Madison YWCA Children's Fine Arts Program

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Forty girls, ages 8-16, participate in Madison's first consolidated children's fine arts program sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. Ann Hoffman of the Y.W.C.A. staf...

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