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"The Hare and the Hedgehog"

Date: 12 11 1934
Description: Longfellow School children on stage perform a scene from the folk play "The Hare and the Hedgehog." Longfellow School is located in the Greenbush neighborh...
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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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African American School Band

Date: 1914
Description: African-American school band assembled in a lecture hall at the Piney Woods Country Life School with Agricultural Extension Department workers and charts i...
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Garden Party

Date: 07 12 1970
Description: A woman in a polka-dotted suit chats with two men wearing wildly-patterned slacks and sport coats at a summer party. A man plays drums in the background.
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Edgewood High School Glee Club

Date: 12 16 1942
Description: Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, Glee Club performing, on stage.
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Blackfriars Production of "Black Orchid"

Date: 01 27 1941
Description: Group portrait of cast on stage of "Brother Orchid," Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Blackfriars Production of "Stage Door"

Date: 12 02 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast of "Stage Door" on stage, presented by Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Cast of the "Mikado"

Date: 03 28 1936
Description: Elevated view of the entire cast of the "Mikado" operetta on stage at West High School.
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East Junior High School Christmas Play

Date: 12 20 1934
Description: Students on stage in costume at East Junior High School in a scene from a Christmas play.
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George Friedrich Plays the Melodian

Date: 11 09 1933
Description: George J. Friedrich, floor manager at the Burdick & Murray Co., playing a Melodian at the Bullard house, 1154 E. Mifflin Street.
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Play Scene from "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: Badger Social Center (Badger School ?) Rt. 5 home talent players "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale play scene. Winner of Dane County State Tournament at Bascom Th...
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East High School Dramatic Class Practice

Date: 11 28 1930
Description: Action view of East High School dramatics class students rehearsing on stage.
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East High School Operetta Cast

Date: 03 22 1929
Description: Indoor group portrait of the East High School Operetta cast of "The Fire-Prince," posing on a stage.
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"Gnomes' Workshop"

Date: 03 13 1929
Description: Another scene from "Gnomes' Workshop" pantomime performed by girls from Central High School.
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Scene from Play "Sun up"

Date: 01 18 1929
Description: Madison Central High School students performing a scene from act I of the play "Sun Up."
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Man Playing Kimball Theatre Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Man playing Kimball organ at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Flag Drill at Henry Vilas Park

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Description: Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ...
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Catholic War Veterans Talent Contest

Date: 11 08 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Catholic War Veterans talent contest contestants in costume.
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Kohler Arts Center

Date: 1968
Description: Interior view of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, with two individuals on stage, and a scene set.
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"Truax Field Calling" Radio Show

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Truax Field soldiers produce a weekly radio show, "Truax Field Calling" for WIBA, broadcasting from the field. The band is shown from the balcony at the Se...

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