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Underground Newspaper Cover: The Free Statesman

Date: 09 21 1967
Description: Cover of "The Free Statesman," an underground newspaper, depicting a clown figure dancing with a woman, and standing on top of a dove.
Photograph

Highlander Folk School Youth Project Dance

Date: 
Description: Youth dancing at the Highlander Folk School as part of the Summer Youth Project program. Wendy Davis is in the lower left.
Photograph

Soul Roots Festival Dance Interpretation

Date: 04 1968
Description: Dance interpretation of "Down on Me," a spiritual, as part of the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27. Silhouettes of dancers with their arms raised.
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Soul Roots Festival Performance

Date: 04 1968
Description: Clown Mathis, dancing to the song "Steal Away" during a performance at the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27.
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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

Date: 
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

Date: 
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

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

Date: 
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.
Poster

Repertory Dance Theatre Performance Poster

Date: 03 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a performance by the Repertory Dance Theatre, a modern dance company in residence at the University of Utah-Salt Lake City, at the Wisco...
Photograph

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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