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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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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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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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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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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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Billie Sidell in Dancer's Pose

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Description: Billie Sidell strikes an elegant pose, dressed in a beaded costume and feathered headdress.
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The Sidell Sisters in Elaborate Costumes

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Description: Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes.
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Pierre Sidell with Cymbals

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses with cymbals, with her knee raised high. She is wearing an elaborate costume.
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Pierre Sidell with Jug

Date: 1922
Description: Pierre Sidell poses holding a small jug on her shoulder. She is wearing a face veil and headdress. From an undated (but probably 1922) article in the Ke...
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Pierre Sidell with Cigarette

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Description: Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench.
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The Sidell Sisters in a Dance Pose

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Description: The Sidell sisters create a dramatic, elegant dance pose as Billie (Violet), who is standing, holds Pierre upside-down across her shoulders.
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Leo Kehl

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Description: A handsome studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Leo Kehl wearing a suit and bowtie.
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Leo Kehl Dancing

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Description: Leo Kehl performs a dance, costumed as a woman.
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Portrait of the Sidell Sisters

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Description: A glamorous portrait of (left to right) sisters Billie (Violet) and Pierre Sidell.

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