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East High School Play Cast

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Members of the East High School play cast for "Tomorrow the World" a story of a Nazi boy in the United States, standing left to right: Robert Cnare, the Ge...
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Lowell School Christmas Party

Date: 12 14 1944
Description: Eight girls (on the left side from floor to harp) Ruth Quale, Mary Fess, Patricia Kinney, Elaine Tripalin, (girl in the center) Carlene Stoker, (right side...
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Longfellow School Play

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Cast members in costume at Longfellow School play, "The Bear's Dream".
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Turner Hall Gymnasts

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: Two children and one adult in a gymnastic pose at Madison's Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street.
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Madison Theater Guild's "The Hasty Heart"

Date: 02 01 1949
Description: Marilyn Eddy as Margaret, a nurse in a British hospital in Burma, in Madison Theater Guild's production of "The Hasty Heart". Also included is second negat...
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross variety show. James Stiene and Dick Grahn with sticks, work hard in the variety show's Chinese play under the supervision of Bob Pickarts....
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross Variety Show at Washington School. Ruth Bowes, acrobat; Delores Spaanem, accordionist; Stefan Anderson, Master of Ceremonies. The students...
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UW Actors Rehearse

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: Shown are some of the players rehearsing for "Le Malade Imaginaire", the Moliere comedy which the U.W. department of French and Italian presented at the Wi...
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University of Wisconsin Latin American Week

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Cast members of the 19th century Mexican play "A Ninguna de Las Tres" by Frenando Calderon to be presented at the Memorial Union Play Circle as part of the...
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Wisconsin Players Theatre Group

Date: 10 21 1949
Description: Three actors in costume, portraying pre-Revolutionary New England characters in the drama, "The Devil's Disciple" by George Bernard Shaw. The actors, part ...
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Black Friars Play "The Glass Menagerie"

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: The Madison Blackfriars Guild is shown rehearsing a scene from Tennessee Willliams' play," The Glass Menagerie". Here, Laura (Patricia McKune) collapses a...
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Charley's Aunt

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: West High School students in costume for "Charley's Aunt." Left to right: John Lovell, Joan Miles, Bob Carpenter and Mimi Mackin.
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Lapham School Nativity Play

Date: 12 15 1949
Description: Lapham School Nativity play "Small One" is an yearly student Christmas production. "Mary" was played by Jean Loy, 943 East Dayton Street, rode Small One (d...
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Baton Twirler Ruth Ann Tilker

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Ruth Ann Tilker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Tilker of 106 Ohio Avenue, is an active 4-year-old baton twirler. She started lessons with her brother B...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Jim Bidgood, Lester Levine, and Charle Schaefer act in the play "Illusions," one of three one-act plays presented by the Madison Youth Summer Theater which...
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Madison Summer Theater

Date: 08 25 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Theater rehearse for the one-act play, "Over the Teacups." Shown are Connie Connor, Lois Shoemaker, Ruth Bergum (standing in back), ...
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Shorewood Hills Community League "Shindig" Event

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: Participants in a skit called "Shorewood Goes to Town" depict a scene on a crowded Shorewood Hills bus at the Shorewood Community League "Shindig" event. F...
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Johnny Appleseed Play

Date: 11 10 1950
Description: A scene from the Lapham School fifth grade production of Johnny Appleseed. Shown are, left to right: Bob Alcumerac (Johnny), Bill Mueller, Nancy Hustad, L...
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Johnny Appleseed Play

Date: 11 10 1950
Description: A scene from the Lapham School fifth grade production of Johnny Appleseed. Waving goodbye to Johnny (Bob Alcumbrac) are left to right: Rosemary Reding, Lo...
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The Nutcracker Ballet

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Elaine Tripalin, trained at the Kathryn Hubbard School, is shown dancing the role of the 'Sugar Plum Fairy' in 'The Nutcracker' ballet at the Masonic audit...

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