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| Date: | 01 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Portrait of five women, one man and a boy who are in a theater group in Mt. Horeb, participating in the Dane County rural drama tournament. |
| Date: | 01 15 1934 |
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| Description: | DeForest Mother's Club cast, in costume and on stage, for "Elmer," a winning play for the Dane County play contest. Cast: Donald Anderson, Jean Grinde, Lor... |
| Date: | 12 14 1933 |
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| Description: | Saint Andrews Church children's Christmas play cast. In a scene from "Santa and the Little Girl." Left to right: Betty Jane Wilson, Margot Smith, Joseph Bl... |
| Date: | 11 25 1933 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Jewish children and teachers sitting on a stage in the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 41 - 43 N. Mills Street at Spring Street, Greenbush... |
| Date: | 11 09 1933 |
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| Description: | George J. Friedrich, floor manager at the Burdick & Murray Co., playing a Melodian at the Bullard house, 1154 E. Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 09 28 1933 |
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| Description: | Fan dancer Rosita Carmen performing at the Orpheum Theatre, while offstage she is accompanied by the organist Mac Bridwell. |
| Date: | 09 28 1933 |
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| Description: | Rosita Carmen, burlesque dancer, performing with feather fans on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre. |
| Date: | 07 20 1933 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Madison Turnverein acrobats/gymnasts posing in an adagio formation, tutored by J.C. Haberman, at Madison Turner Hall, located at 21 South Butler Street. |
| Date: | 05 25 1933 |
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| Description: | Group of seven dancers posing around an oversize cake of Lifebuoy Health Soap on a stage. The orchestra pit is in the foreground. Billie Usher, Marianne He... |
| Date: | 05 16 1933 |
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| Description: | "Three Little Maids," group portrait of three women, all standing, one holding a guitar, who performed with the WLS Barn Dance. |
| Date: | 11 10 1932 |
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| Description: | Fanchon & Marco "Irene Girls" listening to a small radio backstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Fanchon & Marco were a brother and sister choreography duo who t... |
| Date: | 11 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of West High school play cast. |
| Date: | 08 01 1932 |
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| Description: | A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl." |
| Date: | 07 18 1932 |
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| Description: | Marquette School children, with their drama teacher Ethel Kaump, in costumes for their play "The Fairy Woods," presented on the banks of the Yahara River. |
| Date: | 06 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Pablo the Magician holding a "Capital Times" newspaper in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. He is using the newspaper in his act with Fanchon and Marco's s... |
| Date: | 04 22 1932 |
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| Description: | West High school play cast for "Penrod." |
| Date: | 03 23 1932 |
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| Description: | Lee Sims, piano player, and Ilo Mae Bailey, singer, at WIBA radio, NBC studios. |
| Date: | 03 31 1932 |
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| Description: | Six Lido Ladies, an act performing at the Orpheum Theatre, posing with a new Ford V8 car in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre with a crowd looking on. |
| Date: | 01 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Play cast of the Badger Social Center, on stage at the Dane County Farm Hall, winners of the Dane County rural drama tournament. |
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