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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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Raggedy Ann & Andy Dance

Date: 03 13 1935
Description: Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dancing back to back, with Marcella watching and pulling a wagon, on the Franklin School stage.
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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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Leo Kehl and Lucille Stoddart

Date: 1930
Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance, dances a slow foxtrot known as the "Flicker" with his partner, Lucille Stoddart.
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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Five Kehl Dancers

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Description: Five women pose with arms raised at the Kehl School of Dance.
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Kehl Dancer in Silver and Pink

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Description: An unknown dancer ("Brown") wearing a glittery pink and silver costume poses on her toes with arms outstretched at the Kehl School of Dance.
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Evelyn Brown

Date: 1935
Description: Evelyn Brown of the Kehl School of Dance.
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Kehl Dancer with Maracas

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Description: A member of the Kehl family poses in a dance costume holding maracas.
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Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing

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Description: Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing at Highlander Folk School with two other people.
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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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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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Annual "Doll Dance" Held by the Madison Area Square Dance Council

Date: 11 24 1961
Description: Members of the Madison Area Square Dance Council practice for the 11th annual "Doll Dance" held at Monona Grove School to gather dolls and stuffed toys for...
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Talent Show Aids AFS Program

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Pat McDermott of Monona Grove does a hula dance. Ticket money from the talent show will go to support the American Field Service (AFS) program, which provi...
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, teaching the Hula to children at the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street.
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West High Homecoming Queen and Court

Date: 10 10 1964
Description: The West High School Homecoming Queen and her Court prepare to appear at the school's homecoming game versus Kenosha Bradford High School. Shown (L-R) are:...

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