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Navy Band and Tap Dancer

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Twelve members of Navy band playing instruments on stage, with a tap dancer posing close to the floor in front of the piano.
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from Truax Field's "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Rhumba dancers Pfcs. Mary Noonan and James Willingham, and eight other WACs as rhumba dancers, in costume, o...
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
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 ...
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"Masks" Layout for the Wrights

Date: 03 26 1941
Description: Portrait of the Wrights (possibly E. Henry & Evelyn M. Wright), a dance team, and their original personality masks.
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Dancers at Policemen's Ball

Date: 02 22 1933
Description: Charles O. Burmeister, general chairman of the event, dancing with Miss Florence Huston, at Policemen's ball, East High School.
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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.
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Kehl Dancers in Mexican Costume

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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Univeristy of Wisconsin Dance Committee

Date: 05 10 1948
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin dance committee making arrangements for the spring sem-formal dance. Left to right: Professor Werner Roehm; Robert ...
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...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Who's New Club at a barn dance in the gymnasium of the YWCA. Three "country maidens" at left are: Mrs. M.E. Rudd, 4393 Monona Drive; Mrs. Fr...
Poster

Repertory Dance Theatre Performance Poster

Date: 03 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a performance by the Repertory Dance Theatre, a modern dance company in residence at the University of Utah-Salt Lake City, at the Wisco...
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Wisconsin National Guard Band Concert

Date: 01 12 1951
Description: Warrant Officer Frank W. Koenig of Monroe speaks with guests during an informal open house which included a concert and dance. The event was held by the 32...
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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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Mendota State Hospital Dance

Date: 12 14 1952
Description: A circle of female patients and a nurse hold hands during a dance at Mendota State Hospital. John Birchall, a hospital recreation staff person, plays a dou...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Louis Busse, one of the new members of the Cosmos Dance Club, is greeted by Victor and Stella Johnson at the club's 30th anniversary dinner dance held at t...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Louise C. Britton with her husband and two of their friends "sitting one out" at the Cosmos Dance Club's 30th anniversary dinner dance held at the Nakoma C...

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