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Dagmar Godowsky

Date: 12 28 1923
Description: Likely a 1923 Goldwyn production Red Lights publicity portrait of Dagmar Godowsky wearing a beaded headdress.
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Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely in "Johnny on the Spot"

Date: 1919
Description: Scene still from "Johnny on the Spot" with Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely (Metro, 1919).
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Lulu Glaser

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Description: Lulu Glaser (1874-1958), renowned Victorian/Edwardian comedic actress and singer.
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Queenie Vassar

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Description: Queenie Vassar (1870-1960) Scottish-born stage and motion picture actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Raquel Torres with DeSoto Automobile

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres, actress, RKO star, is standing next to a DeSoto automobile.
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Raquel Torres Modeling at Heller's

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres modeling a dress and hat at Heller's, 205 State Street.
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De Vaux Automobile

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Viennese star Ilse Maraavenga standing beside De Vaux automobile in front of De Vaux dealership, 14-16 North Fairchild Street.
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Dane County Theater Group Champions

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Group portrait of Dane county theater group champions on stage holding a painting.
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Actress on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Actress plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering tractor for the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread."
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Actors and Actress on McCormick-Deering Tractors

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Two actors and an actress plowing a field with McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractors for the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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"To Catch a Thief" 21

Date: 1945
Description: Costume sketch of a gold, plumed headdress with veil created for Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief".
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Actress Esther Williams and William L. Doudna.

Date: 01 21 1948
Description: William L. Doudna, Wisconsin State Journal staffer, interviews movie actress Esther Williams during her visit to Madison. In the background is the W...
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Betty Wells at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Actress Betty Wells sitting next to a man, possibly a KRNT radio personality, for a simultaneous radio and television broadcast from the Iowa State Fair.
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McCormick-Deering Tractor on Film Set

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Three actors posing with a McCormick-Deering tractor and grain drill on the set of the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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"Our Daily Bread" Movie Still

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: A woman, possibly actress Mary Duncan, sits behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering tractor while a man stands beside her on the set of the Fox Film produc...
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Sorority Alumnae Play Cast

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Two alumnae members of the Madison chapter of Phi Beta, speech and music sorority, rehearsing for their part in the "Old English Revels" for members and th...
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Madison Theater Guild's "The Hasty Heart"

Date: 02 01 1949
Description: Marilyn Eddy as Margaret, a nurse in a British hospital in Burma, in Madison Theater Guild's production of "The Hasty Heart". Also included is second negat...
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Forge Shop in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Scene from "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Covered Wagon on Set of "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...

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