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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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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Carmen Hernandez of Milwaukee, a native of Puerto Rico, and Herbert Salgado of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dancing the samba at the University of Wisconsin Int...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Mary Jane Iss of Milwaukee, a co-ed of Austrian descent and co-chairman of the International Club's social committee, and Edward Bank of Algoma, whose ance...
Poster

Wisconsin Traveler Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s...
Poster

Wisconsin on Tap

Date: 1975
Description: Poster promoting summer performances by The Wisconsin Peoples History Players. High contrast graphic depiction of dancers and jugglers in front of a blue b...
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Roundy Couglin and Show Troupe

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Group portrait of Roundy Couglin and members of the Dodson Imperial Shows at Camp Wawbeek, where they had gone to entertain the 93 children camping there. ...
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Now and Then" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Richard T. Spitler, Battle Creek, Michigan, professional director of the JCC revue, center, discusses a dance routine with Bill Graham, Route 2, left, and ...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Mrs. Harry P. (Merry) Stoll applies makeup to her husband, Harry P. Stoll, the master of ceremonies for the JCC musical review "Then and Now." Mrs. Stoll ...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Two high school girls, Virginia Stamm (left), 3405 Crestwood Drive, and Jeanne Tierney, 2922 Lakeland Avenue, are shown practicing for their roles as "hoop...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Madison high school girls practicing their chorus line routine for the JCC musical revue "Then and Now". Left to right: Susan Batiste, 3721 Odana Road; Sue...
Poster

Wisconsin Ballet Company Presents "Nutcracker"

Date: 11 27 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Ballet Company's performance of the Nutcracker, held at James Madison Memorial High School. Six dancing, abstract figures ...
Poster

"Dance Marathon and Party"

Date: 03 27 1971
Description: Poster advertising a dance marathon and party held in the Witte Hall Party Room on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features caricatured figures...
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Military Dance

Date: 1942
Description: Uniformed Corp. J.L. Slack, a former International Harvester Company employee, dances with a woman wearing a dress and high heeled shoes at Port Clinton. O...
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Nakoma 12th Night Party

Date: 01 07 1950
Description: Dancers at Nakoma's 12th Night Party perform while wearing masks. They are, from left to right, Professor John F. Stauffer, Perle Knope, Lyman Frazier, Rut...

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