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Automotives Trades Council

Date: 12 18 1944
Description: Group portrait of Automotive Trades Council members at Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street, with Ben and Alvina Bergor, entertainers, sitting in the front ...
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Mr. Sinykin Penciling Reri's Eyebrows

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater, having her eyebrows penciled in her dressing room by Mr...
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Two Golfers

Date: 10 07 1932
Description: Municipal golf pro with "armless" Fanchon and Marco golfer.
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Raquel Torres Holding a Dog

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Portrait of Raquel Torres, actress and RKO star, holding a small dog.
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirl

Date: 08 01 1932
Description: A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl."
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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Reri in Cosmetics Department at Manchesters

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum Theatre, being made up by Max Factor representative, Mabelle Heg...
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirls

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls posing while wearing straw hats at Karsten's clothing store.
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Orpheum Player at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 09 11 1930
Description: Elevated view of Orpheum players at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) standing next to buffaloes.
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Red Cross "Parlor Tricks" Board Members

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of board members of the Red Cross sponsored group "Parlor Tricks". Left to right: Jeanette Youngblood, Dorothy Reis, Betty Johnson, Grace Sh...
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Crowd Watching Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a monkey ride a horse in a circus parade in town. A man is leading the horse down the unpaved street.
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Students with Easter Bunny

Date: 04 03 1947
Description: Students Coleman Jackson, Joe Dean, and Dick Sexton are shown meeting with the Easter Bunny that has been entertaining children in a leading department sto...
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Organist, Richard Neumann

Date: 09 26 1948
Description: Original caption reads: "Back in Madison after 27 years is Richard Neumann, one-time organist at the Orpheum and Parkway theaters. Neumann was the organist...
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Artist Gordon Hampel with Flowers

Date: 2005
Description: Portrait of Gordon Hampel standing amidst his flowers.
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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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Ben and Alvina Bergor

Date: 1940
Description: Ben Bergor and his wife Alvina performing their amazing escape act utilizing a straightjacket and a trunk.
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Men Dressed as Hillbilly and a Preacher

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ...
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Dan Rice Home

Date: 1895
Description: View of the two-story Girard, Pennsylvania home of Dan Rice (1/23/1823 – 2/22/1900), entertainer and circus performer widely regarded as "America's most fa...
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Pierre Sidell in Dancing Costume

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Description: Full-length portrait of Pierre Sidell posing onstage in a dancing costume.
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Billie Sidell in Feathered Headdress

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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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