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| Description: | Jennie Goldthwaite, a performer from around the turn of the century. |
| Date: | 08 01 1932 |
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| Description: | A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl." |
| Date: | 02 01 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Dane county theater group champions on stage holding a painting. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;... |
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| Description: | Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background. |
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| Description: | Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab." |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Judy Larson and Papa John Kolstad of the Sorry Muthas on stage singing into microphones at the Sound Storm music festival at night. Judy Larson wears a spa... |
| Date: | 2007 |
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| Description: | Historical reenactors in costume await visitors outside the "American Queen" steamboat. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c... |
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| Description: | Our side of the fence is all dovetail — where they winked and upset the story-book, that's over on your side |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Usherettes perform Swiss folk dances for the annual William Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes. |
| Date: | 09 17 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a concert and dance at the Chetek Opera House on September 17th. Featured artists are The Rindlisbachers, Berith Rokstad, and the Skarni... |
| Date: | 03 30 1979 |
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| Description: | Two women in costumes posing and stretching out their arms towards the camera. Caption reads: "Phyllis Bickham (left) and Amber Kelly will alternate in the... |
| Date: | 04 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Showing their tickets in the atrium of the University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are univer... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Joseph Klein, Lois Klein and Marvin Foster (left to right) are examining a scrapbook depicting the first ten years of activity for the Madison Theatre Guil... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst... |
| Date: | 07 06 1956 |
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| Description: | View of an outdoor performance with a tree on the left, and a brick building in the background. Two men in suits are attempting to push a third man into a ... |
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