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Dancers Frolic Among the Trees

Date: 1923
Description: University of Wisconsin physical education interpretive dance students perform out of doors in a grassy meadow.
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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May Pole Dance

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: West Junior High School girls rehearsing May Pole Dance.
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Children Performing May-Pole Dance

Date: 1919
Description: School children standing ready to begin a May-pole dance.
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Boys at Youth Club Event

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Five boys in "stag line" at Cottage Grove Youth Club event in the Town Hall. Left to right are: Rowley Conant, Nora School; Rolly Gausmann, Cottage Grove S...
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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.
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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 Marathon and Party"

Date: 03 27 1971
Description: Poster advertising a dance marathon and party held in the Witte Hall Party Room on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features caricatured figures...
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Edgewood High School Homecoming Dance Committee

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Making plans for Edgewood's homecoming dance are, left to right: Roland Spahr, senior class president; Edward Arnold, general chairman, and Marie Anthony, ...
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Loft Dance to Honor All-City Football Team

Date: 11 09 1950
Description: The Loft and the Madison Youth Council sponsored a dance in honor of the All-City Football Team for the purpose of collecting clothing for Korea. Shown wit...
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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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Kermit Bliss

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Kermit "Kert" Bliss. He became director of the Madison Community Center after serving as acting director since August 1952. The Center's progr...
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Teenagers Dance the Can-Can

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Teenagers dance the can-can for the American Field Service Exchange Program benefit ice cream social and dance. The benefit is sponsored by the East Side Y...
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Loft Holiday Party at the Madison Community Center

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Six members of the 20-man "cutting crew" for West High School's annual Senior Dance receive instructions for the party. Dick Musselman, 402 Laurel Lane, sh...
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Monona Grove High School Dance Committee

Date: 01 18 1956
Description: Group portrait of the members of the committee for the semi-formal dance, sponsored by the sophomore class at Monona Grove High School. They include, from ...
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West High School Modern Dance Group

Date: 02 21 1956
Description: Portrait of five members of a modern dance group from West High School.
Manuscript

The Death Of A Mansion

Date: 03 1952
Description: An invitation to “A Black Masque and Ball Macabre at the DOOMED McCORMICK MANSION.” The mansion was the former residence of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormi...
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Business College Prom

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Janice Reed and Bill Kellesvig reigned as queen and king of the annual Prom of Madison Business College students. The party was held at the East Side Busin...
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Business College Prom

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Two couples attending the Prom were Bruce and Audrey Steinmetz, left, and Marie and LaVern Weisensel.
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Business College Prom

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: The original caption reads: "These four students of the college are apparently enjoying the fruit punch. They are Gerald Newman, Jan Franz, Jack Miller, an...

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