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Gerke Twins

Date: 1940
Description: Twin sisters Julie & Juliet Gerke, students at the Kehl School of Dance, posed in matching, Kehl-designed clothing--including hats, jackets, short skirts, ...
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Latin-American Festival Dancers

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Left to right, Armando Huacuja and Berta Montemayor Koch, natives of Mexico, dance at the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Uni...
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Portrait of Man Dancing

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man in front of a painted backdrop, possibly in a dancing costume with shorts and leggings. He is also wearing a top hat an...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Mary Jane Iss of Milwaukee, a co-ed of Austrian descent and co-chairman of the International Club's social committee, and Edward Bank of Algoma, whose ance...
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Ho-Chunk Men around Drum

Date: 1908
Description: A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou...
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A woman poses with a mirror and powder puff. She wears a bangled costume and dance slippers.
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Dancing Boys

Date: 04 22 1963
Description: Group of four boys in Bavarian costume performing a Bavarian folk dance.
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Girl Dancers in Costume

Date: 1931
Description: Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage.
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Lora Lee

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of Lora Lee holding a cane and wearing a top hat, dancing costume and ballet shoes. It is inscribed "To Marian, who is my pal at Normal School & c...
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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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Pierre Sidell as a Ballerina

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell".
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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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Rainbow Girls' Variety Show

Date: 10 22 1953
Description: Connie Platz (left) and Betsy Graham practice their dancing act for the variety show sponsored by the Order of Rainbow for Girls to be held at the Masonic ...
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Irene Castle in "French Heels"

Date: 1922
Description: Irene Castle in a complicated satin and tulle costume in her role as the cabaret dancer Palma May in the silent film "French Heels" (Holtre 1922).
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Line Dancers

Date: 01 10 1993
Description: "On a Sunday evening at G & Z's Hall, country and western line dancers step out smartly to the music."
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Mapleleaf Parade

Date: 09 2013
Description: Oktoberfest frolickers on parade during the Mapleleaf Parade on 2nd Street. Carie Ann (Schlichenmeyer) Finch and man in the foreground are wearing ethnic c...
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Dancer with Children on Dance Floor

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Description: Jesus Avila of Ballet Folklorico in a sombrero and suit with side-seam decoration on the trousers claps and dances with children in a gymnasium, probably a...
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Mexican Day of Independence Celebration

Date: 09 17 1989
Description: A young man and woman are dancing together on a stage. Other dancers and people are sitting at tables in the background. Caption reads: "The La Casa Senior...
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Band Members Dancing

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Description: Dancers in uniform performing in the foreground, with a marching band in the background. Pompoms are attached above the dancers shoes. They are performing ...

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