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Monie Archie (?)

Date: 06 17 1948
Description: Portrait of Monie Archie (?) University of Wisconsin instructor, in dance costume.
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Best Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Group Dances

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Description: Dancers at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial, in the Amphitheater.
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Menominee Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.
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Menominee Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Hula dancer, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Metcalf, 3116 Crestwood Drive, in Hawaiian costume, practicing her dance routine for the Naval Officers and Wives Club Chri...
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Lumber Camp Fiddler and Jig Dancer

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Description: Two men in a lumber camp bunkhouse. The man on the right is sitting on a stump playing a fiddle, while the man on the left is dancing.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
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Women Dancing a Routine

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Description: Four young women dancing outdoors in a synchronized line, probably at Rock Spring Park.
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JCC "Can-Can" Line

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Twelve members of the JCC auxiliary "Can-Can" line. They performed at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas dinner dance.
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Lowell School Russian Dancers

Date: 01 07 1949
Description: Lowell School students staged a demonstration of "Music and Dance" for educators attending the Mid-Winter music clinic at the University of Wisconsin. Four...
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Lowell School Dancers

Date: 01 07 1949
Description: Lowell School students staged a demonstration of "Music and Dance" for educators attending the mid-winter music clinic at the University of Wisconsin. Dori...
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Skating to a waltz at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field, are Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Dugan, 1323 Chandler Avenue, memb...
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Gaylord Nelson and Native American Woman

Date: 1965
Description: Nelson dances outside with an older Ojibwa woman wearing a traditional beaded dress and headband. Nelson is dressed in a suit and wears a beaded sash; othe...
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Portrait of Man Dancing

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man in front of a painted backdrop, possibly in a dancing costume with shorts and leggings. He is also wearing a top hat an...
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First Costume Ball

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball...
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross variety show at Washington School auditorium. Performers are: Barbara Marshall, Jane Rosen and Deanne Macaulay. The students are from Lowe...
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Wisconsin Union Theater Centennial Play, "River Boat"

Date: 03 02 1949
Description: The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat," an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Un...
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Square Dancers

Date: 03 27 1949
Description: Four pairs of square dancers perform as many fans watch from the side at the Madison Community center.

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