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| Date: | 01 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Madison Theater Guild members working on costumes for their production of "Alice in Wonderland". Left to right: Carrie Rasmussen, 916 Con... |
| Date: | 01 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Who's New Club, in Civil War costumes. One woman is seated at a piano, one sitting near a spinning wheel, and two standing. They are pa... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of an Spanish couple from Sevilla [Seville] in "native" Sevillan costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine with a beer and a gu... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a couple from Sevilla, Spain in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. The man is holding a small glass of wine an... |
| Date: | 02 18 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball... |
| Date: | 11 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Six women in ethnic dress are shown standing behind decorated lunch baskets. They are at the first social event held in Our Lady Queen of Peace's new scho... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a European American girl posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, holding a Ho-Chunk cradle board with a china-headed doll. She is... |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | The members of the Madison Theater Guild have worked seven days a week to make costumes for a cast of 30 in the production of "As You Like It". They are wo... |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie. |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Lou Doriag tries on her costume for Marilou Durkin. Lou Doriag plays Celia in "As You Like It" in a Madison Theater Guild production. |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | An actor from the Madison Theater Guild tries on a costume. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Bob Hildreth (a sculptor played by Frank Mayo) has designs on his student Lois Page (played by Ethel Clayton) in this scene still from "Easy Money." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Irene Castle in pajamas and sleeping cap enjoying a cantaloupe as part of a posed breakfast in bed with her pet monkey Rastus. This photograph was used to ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn stand by a table with hors d'oeuvres and champagne in a scene still from "The Philadelphia Story" (MGM 1941). |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Scene still from the Lubin silent film "A Rebellious Blossom," featuring Florence Lawrence (playing the Rebellious Daughter) and other unidentified actress... |
| Date: | 11 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Anna Runstrom and her granddaughter, Erica Leigh Runstrom, demonstrate her spinning wheel at the East Side Businessman's hobby show. Erica is wearing a Swe... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
| Date: | 04 03 1959 |
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| Description: | An authentic Scandinavian smorgasbord will be the key attraction at Madison's first Folk Festival and Fair sponsored and held at the YWCA, 122 State Street... |
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| Description: | Actors portraying I.M. Singer and his friend George Zieber with the first sewing machine. |
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