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| Date: | 03 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Participants at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball. Standing is Marian Kurick of Czecko-Slovakian descent, wearing a gypsy costume... |
| Date: | 03 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. John Dowling, a participant at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball, wearing a Spanish costume and doing a Spanish dance |
| Date: | 03 24 1952 |
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| Description: | Four participants at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball gathered at the punch bowl. Left to right: Martin Begus, dressed as Napole... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Billie is dressed as a man, and Pierre is lying on a table with Billie leaning over her. |
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| Description: | View of musicians and dancers in front of the Washington Mansion, a wooden home built in 1811 by David Hammond. A band and dancers occupy the front lawn. |
| Date: | 02 1930 |
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| Description: | From left to right are Angeline Sidell, August (Uncle Sid) Sidell (seated), Violet (Billie) Sidell and Pierre Sidell. |
| Date: | 02 1930 |
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| Description: | The Sidell Sisters pose on either side of August Sidell (Uncle Sid). From left to right are Pierre Sidell, August Sidell and Violet (Billie) Sidell. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell contorts her body in a dancer's pose. She is wearing a beaded costume and a feathered headdress. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell strikes an elegant pose, dressed in a beaded costume and feathered headdress. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses with cymbals, with her knee raised high. She is wearing an elaborate costume. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses holding a small jug on her shoulder. She is wearing a face veil and headdress. From an undated (but probably 1922) article in the Ke... |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell". |
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| Description: | The Sidell sisters create a dramatic, elegant dance pose as Billie (Violet), who is standing, holds Pierre upside-down across her shoulders. |
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| Description: | A glamorous portrait of (left to right) sisters Billie (Violet) and Pierre Sidell. |
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| Description: | A fashionably-attired Billie (Violet) Sidell poses seated on the front fender of an automobile, which appears to be parked on a bridge. |
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| Description: | The Sidell sisters strike a dramatic pose as Billie (Violet) stands with Pierre draped upside-down across her shoulders. The sisters performed at this time... |
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| Description: | Candid portrait of Hilo Hattie (born Clarissa "Clara" Haili), who was a Hawaiian musician, dancer, actress and comedian. There is a guitar on the ground ne... |
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