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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two people driving a Farmall Cub through an urban area. They are towing a wagon with movie advertisement, announcing "The Farmer's Daughter," starring Lore... |
| Date: | 10 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the "Hollywood Ten," together with members of their families at a demonstration before their im... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle in a B-25 during a scene from "Thirty-Seconds Over Tokyo" (MGM 1944). |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A publicity still of Fred MacMurray from "Dive Bomber" (WB, 1941) in which a crew member is adjusting the helmet of MacMurray's pressurized flight suit. Be... |
| Date: | 06 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Lobby of the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, showing a display of coming MGM movies, and a poster of "National Velvet," starring Mickey Rooney, Donald C... |
| Date: | 10 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theatre lobby, 216 State Street, with sign with description of items on display at Baron's Department Store that were used to produce "American Rom... |
| Date: | 02 28 1940 |
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| Description: | The Parkway Theater with "Grapes of Wrath" display, 6-10 West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Costume sketch of a gold, plumed headdress with veil created for Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief". |
| Date: | 11 06 1941 |
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| Description: | King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul... |
| Date: | 11 06 1941 |
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| Description: | King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul... |
| Date: | 04 15 1944 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Goodland seated with handicapped children, probably in a movie theater. A large cutout of Dopey, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is o... |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Jean Larson, at the time one of three women projectionists in the country, operating the movie projector at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Play... |
| Date: | 04 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Show window at the Sherwin Williams Paint Store, 327 State Street, featuring a display announcing an upcoming movie at the Capitol Theatre titled "It's a P... |
| Date: | 05 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Company trucks in front of Nehi Bottling Company (Royal Crown Soda), 2600 University Avenue at the intersection of Grand Avenue. The back ends of the four ... |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Members of the Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts of Troops 20 and 30, and boys of Madison, sitting on the back of a Truax Field army truck loaded with waste pap... |
| Date: | 04 23 1947 |
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| Description: | Marquee of the Parkway Theater, 6 West Mifflin Street, advertising the movie, "The Best Years of Our Lives". |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | At a luncheon sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Paul Hays, chair of the ADA New York chapter, discusses the congressional investigation of Holl... |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Four members of Madison Youth Council are shown lounging around a movie camera in a woodland setting. They were making a movie, "Make Way for Youth". |
| Date: | 11 29 1947 |
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| Description: | In the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, manager Fred Reeths is holding Johnny Heitz while he drops a coin into the Empty Stocking Club stocking. Johnny's moth... |
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