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Lone Cowboy

Date: 06 25 1936
Description: Man dressed as a cowboy playing a guitar and singing in front of WIBA microphone.
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Lone Cowboy

Date: 01 28 1936
Description: A man dressed as a cowboy is sitting and holding a guitar in front of a microphone in W.I.B.A. studios, 111 King Street, Room 28.
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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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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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Church Choir

Date: 1898
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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Band and Audience

Date: 1946
Description: An audience watching a musical group put on a show in a tent at the Kansas State Fair.
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Musicians Playing Instruments

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Description: A studio portrait of four men playing musical instruments in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing suit jackets, vests, neckties, and trousers. The...
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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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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross variety show. James Stiene and Dick Grahn with sticks, work hard in the variety show's Chinese play under the supervision of Bob Pickarts....
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
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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Hildegarde with Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 15 1950
Description: Entertainer and pianist Hildegarde, born Hildegarde Loretta Sell, is shown in fur coat with Governor Oscar Rennebohm. She is a Wisconsin native born in Ade...
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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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."
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League of Women Voters Skit Cast

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Four League of Women Voters of Madison members who will perform a skit, "Bridge a la League" at a membership reception, are gathered around a card table. F...
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Shorewood Hills Community League "Shindig" Event

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: Participants in a skit called "Shorewood Goes to Town" depict a scene on a crowded Shorewood Hills bus at the Shorewood Community League "Shindig" event. F...
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Pete Seeger Concert

Date: 09 1977
Description: Pete Seeger with a banjo performing at a picnic, perhaps a fund-raising event, for the "Guardian," a radical weekly newspaper.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1928
Description: Billie is dressed as a man, and Pierre is lying on a table with Billie leaning over her.
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Girl Dancers in Costume

Date: 1931
Description: Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage.
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean", Felix Pulgram of Milwaukee (as Robin Hood) and Robert Bec...
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
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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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