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Hope Nursing Home

Date: 06 1994
Description: "Ossie Reimer of Lomira with his dog, Rusty, entertains patients at Hope Nursing Home."
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Youth Summer Theater Alumni

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: Portrait of some of the active alumni of the Youth Summer Theater. Seated in front is Mary Kate Lorenz. Others left to right: David Starkweather (standing,...
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Neighborhood House Album: Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views of a play performed for Valentine's Day. One side shows a person dressed in jester's attir...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Feast of the Little Lanterns Play

Date: 05 1927
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with cast members of "Feast of the Little Lanterns," a production staged by the Fireside Girls club. The ...
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Howard Olson, Ventriloquist

Date: 03 03 1958
Description: Howard Olson poses as "Chester LeRoy" with three of his wooden puppets: Mr. Zino, Cowboy Eddie, and Sandy McAndy.
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Neighborhood House Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Cast members of a play staged for Valentine's Day, with costumed figures holding shields, a jester in a half-white and half-black costume, a woman with a c...
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Doris Platt on WHA-TV

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Doris Platt at the WHA-TV station displaying artifacts during the broadcast of Scandinavian Backbone, part of her series of 1959 television shows. E...
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Bonspiel Banquet

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Group portrait of the cast for a skit called "The Women," entertainment for the Badger Bonspiel banquet. The women include, left to right: Emily Ahearn, Do...
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Bread Company President with Subway Advertisements

Date: 1970
Description: An older man is standing in front of three subway advertisements for Levy and Son's Bakery rye bread of New York City. The man is company president Samuel ...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scenes from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Edwin Steul, left, and S...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scenes from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Five University of Wisco...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scenes from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Two former residents, Ch...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scene from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Four cast members of the ...
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Madison Theater Guild's Carousel

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Two men at podiums watch a rehearsal. At upper left is Marvin Foster, musical director and orchestra leader. At lower right is Al Barraclough, managing dir...
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Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1952
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a state fair ribbon superimposed on a silhouette of the state, and two vignettes of agricultural and industri...
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International Scout SS II [SS 2] Off Roading

Date: 01 04 1978
Description: Original caption reads: "Off-road racing is every bit as tough on drivers as it is on vehicles. P.D. Perry, Effingham, IL, savors the initial quiet moments...
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Eddie Cantor Putting on Blackface Makeup in front of Triple Mirror

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor applying blackface makeup in front of a triple mirror. The mirror on the left reflects the left side of his face without makeup, the center mi...
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Eddie Cantor Applying Blackface Makeup

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor standing in front of a mirror applying blackface makeup.
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama Evening Performance

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor standing on stage wearing blackface. He is holding on to a microphone, and is facing towards the left. In the background audience members are ...

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