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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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Irene Castle and Vernon Castle in Uniform with German Shepherd Dog

Date: 08 21 1917
Description: Original caption:

"The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country aft...

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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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Tap Dancers

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Five couples in folk costumes wearing tap dance shoes.
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Dancing in Club 22 Park Hotel

Date: 03 01 1936
Description: Couples dancing, eating and drinking in Club 22 at the Park Hotel. Also shows orchestra and singer.
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Show Girls at Heidelberg Hofbrau

Date: 03 10 1935
Description: Seven show girls, wearing hats, from the Orpheum's "Spices of 1935" show, sitting at a table at Hommel's Heidelberg Hofbrau Restaurant, 20 West Mifflin Str...
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Club Marco, Interior with Crowd

Date: 10 06 1934
Description: Interior view of Club Marco (formerly French Village), Oregon Road (2323 S. Park Street), with couples dancing, and people sitting at tables in the foregro...
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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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Fanchon & Marco Girls with University of Wisconsin Cheerleaders

Date: 11 03 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco girls, graduates of Carla Tormey School of Dance, Milwaukee, rehearsing a Homecoming show with University of Wisconsin cheerleaders, Joe St...
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Fanchon & Marco Show Welcome

Date: 05 06 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls being welcomed to Madison at railroad station.
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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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Leo Kehl and Students

Date: 08 13 1929
Description: Leo T. Kehl with a line formation of students, most wearing tap or ballroom shoes. In addition to operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Kehl pr...
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Dancers Leo Kehl and Helen Poole

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Description: Dancers Leo T. Kehl and Helen Powell Poole, pose for a publicity photograph.
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Wedding Dance

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Unidentified couple dancing at the wedding of Kenneth Hoerres: a little girl and an adult man, perhaps her grandfather. In background are several other cou...
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Latin-American Festival Dancers

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Left to right, Armando Huacuja and Berta Montemayor Koch, natives of Mexico, dance at the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Uni...
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University League Junior Division

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Ann F. Warren, cutting in on Kathleen and Calvin Royston during the balloon tag dance at the Woman's Club Building, 240 West Gilman Street.
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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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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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