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Parade on the Capitol Square

Date: 1910
Description: A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K...
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Majorettes

Date: 11 03 1962
Description: Majorettes dancing in a parade. They were members of the Milwaukee Continentals marching band.
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International Harvester Parade of Progress Fast Hitch Square Dance

Date: 1953
Description: Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par...
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Capitol Theatre Marquee and Facade

Date: 1937
Description: The Capitol Theatre marquee advertising a dance and song revue on stage by the Kehl School of Dance, under the direction of Leo Kehl and "That Man's Here A...
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Kehl's School of Dance

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Description: The Kehl School of Dance Building, 309 West Johnson Street, later the Madison Labor Temple, which was built in 1898.
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Kehl's Dancing Academy

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Description: Kehl's Dancing Academy, later used as the Labor Temple. A roofed entrance is over the sidewalk.
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University League Junior Division

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Three couples at the registration desk for the Junior Division of the University League dance. Seated are: John I. and Gardenia Kross; standing left to rig...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance at the YWCA gymnasium. Three women wearing bonnets pose next to a statue of Borden's "Elsie the Cow."...
Poster

Gay Dance

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at the Memorial Union's Old Madison Room. Donation fee of .50 requested. Additional graffitti reads "No Union Scabs...
Poster

Women's Dance

Date: 1971
Description: Hand-lettered poster promoting a Women's Dance on Saturday November 6th at 9pm at 10 Langdon Street. The illustration depicts a flower constructed of the s...
Poster

Come Out Together

Date: 1971
Description: Poster for dance, to be held at 10 Langdon Street, sponsored by the Gay Liberation Front. Includes the symbols of Mars, the symbol for a male organism or m...
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Dance Hall in Milwaukee

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Description: Exterior of one of Milwaukee's largest dance halls, with a sign on the front reading: "Dreamland." There are other buildings along the street and people wa...
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Chameleon Club

Date: 2005
Description: Exterior view of the "Chameleon Club" and "Moonlight Dance Studio."
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Bob McGlinn's Dance Tavern

Date: 1939
Description: Interior view of Bob McGlinn's Dance Tavern showing the wooden dance floor with chairs and benches along the walls. In the back left corner is a stage. The...
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Ward Allen's Public House

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Description: "Ward Allen, former weather reporter for Channel 6, Milwaukee, purchased the dance hall in Theresa, and is operating it under the name of 'Ward Allen's Pub...
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Folk Dancing

Date: 1932
Description: Four students of the Fontana State Graded School strike a pose while folk dancing outdoors. The boys are wearing knickers; the girls wear dresses and patte...
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Bicentennial Dance

Date: 02 22 1932
Description: Children at the Honey Creek State Graded School, District No. 1, commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington with a dance performed...
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Cormicy Dance Hall

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of the damage to the dance hall in Cormicy. Caption reads: "The Cormicy dance-hall. Dance halls in France, whether wrecked as this one or not...
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Phi Beta Chi Sorority Dance

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Sorority members planning the Phi Beta Chi "Bermuda Sock Hop". Front row, left to right, are: Marian Amlie, Pat Patterson, Kathleen Gorman Cathy Cline, and...

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