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Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
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Shawl Pageant

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant with Mrs. Rose Incorvino, Mrs. Jenni Parisi, Mrs. Annie Nania, and Mrs. Lousa Audini, dressed in Italian shawls, Greenbush.
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Pageant Cast

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Group portrait of east side elementary and high school students on stage at East High School rehearsing for a pageant called "The Children" to be presented...
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Shawl Pageant at Woman's Club Building

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant, front: Colonial: Odette Hendrickson and Joyce Wittwer, Hungarian, Merrilyn Olson. Left rear: Egyptian, Rosemary Rice; current 1...
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Nativity Christmas Pageant

Date: 12 1943
Description: The cast of the Nativity Christmas pageant of Blessed Sacrament Church, posed on a stairway in their costumes.
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Group of Girls

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Description: A group of girls, possibly in a school pageant.
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Three Wise Men in a Christmas Pageant

Date: 11 14 1952
Description: Three boys dressed as wise men posed in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Portrait of High School Girls

Date: 12 10 1947
Description: Jo Raimond, Central High School; Carolyn Zabrocki, East High School; and Jane Bandy, West High School, will sing as part of the triple trio at the Christma...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Russian, Polish, and Czechoslovakian ethnic costumes performing in the school ...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in British Isles costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsin'...
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Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
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Menominee Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. The group is standing in front of a building with a sign th...
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Christmas Pageant Singers

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: Three singers participate in the annual Christmas pageant presented by Madison high school students in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. From left are ...
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Americanization Pageant

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: Five women in costume during rehearsal for the Americanization pageant, called "A Thoroughfare for Freedom," which will take place on the balcony and steps...
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Americanization Pageant Scout Participants

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: Portrait of three scouts who will participate in the Americanization Pageant. David Ross (left), member of the Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps, holds the Am...
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Americanization Pageant Color Guard

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a Boy Scouts color guard that participated in the Americanization Pageant. They are, from left: David Ross, David Langhammer, and...
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Theresa Fire Department Queen and Contestants

Date: 07 1988
Description: "Theresa Fire Department Queen, Tammy Nickel, posed with contestants. From left: Brenda Bernhard, Isabel Alvarado, Diana Christian, Vicky Pastorius, Julie...
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Pueblo Home — Parsons Indian Village

Date: 1932
Description: Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 359-369

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Description: Everybody was wonderful

Stars kept rising, pink and gold
Trailing threads of breathless music
barely out of reach
Hand to hand around the n...
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071 - Campers Posing for a Scene in a Dramatic Activity

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Description: Three campers pose for a scene in a dramatic activity. They are dressed in costume. One camper stands, wearing a cape with a hood, gesturing with her left ...

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