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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
Photograph

Dane County Theater Group Champions

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Group portrait of Dane county theater group champions on stage holding a painting.
Photograph

Musicians Playing Instruments

Date: 
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...
Photograph

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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Group of Reenactors

Date: 2007
Description: Historical reenactors in costume await visitors outside the "American Queen" steamboat.
Poster

Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
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...
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Band in front of Opera House

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Description: Brass band with eight musicians posed standing on the street in front of the Opera House. At the far right is Carl Pope. Signs advertise "John T. Hinds in ...
Photograph

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.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 216-225

Date: 
Description: Our side of the fence is all dovetail — where they
winked and upset the story-book, that's
over on your side
Book or Pamphlet

Free Family Party Flyer — Illinois

Date: 1950
Description: Inside spread of flyer for an International Harvester free family party for friends and customers. The event was at Turner Hall in Columbia, Illinois, was...
Book or Pamphlet

Free Family Party Flyer — Menomonie

Date: 1950
Description: Inside spread of flyer announcing a free family party in Menomonie, Wisconsin sponsored by International Harvester dealer Richartz Implement Company. Photo...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama Evening Performance

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor, in blackface, standing on stage at Centurama in front of a microphone.
Photograph

Eddie Cantor

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor, in blackface, on stage at Centurama Evening Performance. In the background men and women are sitting at a long table in front of a large ima...
Photograph

Chetek Opera House Poster

Date: 09 17
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...
Photograph

Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Profes...
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
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...
Photograph

Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
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...
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Anne Revere in "Toys in the Attic"

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Description: Anne Revere, as Anna Berniers in the play "Toys in the Attic," is holding a flower pot with large fake flowers. She is wearing a hat and is looking off to ...

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