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Young Women's Christian Association Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Ardella Nelson of Klemme, Iowa, a member of the Teen and Twenty club, points out something on the screen to Mrs. Florence Benjamin, formerly of Berkeley, C...
Poster

"X, the man with X-Ray Eyes"

Date: 12 11 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Film Society's screening of Roger Corman's film "X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison ca...
Poster

"Alice's Restaurant"

Date: 02 24 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Arthur Penn's film Alice's Restaurant on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The film is based on Arlo Guthrie's ...
Poster

Screening of "The Yellow Submarine"

Date: 03 15 1971
Description: Poster advertising the showing of the Beatles' film The Yellow Submarine at the Wisconsin Union Theatre on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campu...
Poster

Science Fiction Movies

Date: 11 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising the screening of Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, Them!, and The Bowery Boys 'Mr. Hex'. Features an image of a planeta...
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Michael Kienitz with Person Wearing Nixon Mask

Date: 08 04 1979
Description: A person wearing a Richard Nixon mask and flashing a peace sign is posing with Michael Kienitz, who is holding a megaphone and wearing a t-shirt advertisin...
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Hummel & Downing Booth

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Hummel & Downing booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Hummel & Downing were...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew filming a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A camer...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew shooting a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A came...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Eugene Rankin, director of the Dane March of Dimes, shows the movie "Survival Is Not Enough" during a ward captains meeting to plan the Mothers' March on P...
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The Empire Strikes Back

Date: 06 18 1980
Description: View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St...
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Park Street during Back To School Filming

Date: 1985
Description: Park Street at the State Street intersection during the filming of Back To School. The pedestrian overpass bears a sign for the fictional Grand Lake...
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Madison Children's Film Festival

Date: 03 14 1964
Description: Nancy Kupchan and Marieli Rowe check packages of flyers telling about Madison's unique Children's Festival, sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of the A...
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The Parkway Theatre

Date: 1930
Description: View from across street towards the marquee on the Parkway theater on Mifflin Street, which reads: "Cohens and Kellys Atlantic City."
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Patti Chandler, Actress, with "Mr. Bikini," a Stuffed Dog

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Actress Patti Chandler, from California, is touring Wisconsin to promote the movie "Bikini Beach" showing at the Orpheum Theatre, in which she appears. She...
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At the Movies

Date: 10 2013
Description: The movie "Vertigo" playing on a big screen in a darkened movie theater. The scene captured by the camera is of a woman walking along a the edge of the bay...
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Gisholt Film Event

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Description: View from front of room towards a group of men sitting down to watch a film together at the Gisholt factory.
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Matinee at Sundance Cinema

Date: 11 12 2014
Description: View of a movie screen from the seats in the middle of a theater. There are a few people sitting in the seats in the foreground. On the screen is a scene o...
Poster

CALA Poster: Chile

Date: 
Description: A green flyer titled: "Chile With Poems And Guns" is advertising a film screening organized by the group Community Action on Latin America (CALA).

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