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Mineral Point Players

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: A scene from the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Actors in costume, left to right: Myra Pilling as Titania,...
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 07 05 1954
Description: A scene from the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." James Dolan enacts the role of Moonlight by standing on an...
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Virginia Terrace Children's Donation to the Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Children who live on Virginia Terrace donated $5.27, the proceeds from a theatrical play, to the Roundy's Fun Fund. Pictured kneeling: Kenny Lemmer. Back r...
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: A scene from the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". John Walsh wears an ass's head while enacting the role of ...
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: Costumed actors and actresses from the Mineral Point Players stand on the steps of the Gundry Mansion while enacting a scene from Shakespeare's "A Midsumme...
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University of Wisconsin Play Cast

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin students rehearse their roles in the play "My Name is Legion." The play will be presented to the Dane County Association of Health ...
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Charlie Hemeyer with His Fiddle

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Charlie Hemeyer, a resident at Rest Haven nursing home on Mineral Point Road, likes to play the fiddle for his own recreation as well as for the enjoyment ...
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West High School PTA Annual Benefit Welfare Show

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Mrs. W.J. (Isabel) Peterson (left) of 815 Hiawatha Drive, script-writer, and Mrs. Paul (Corinne) Geisler of 4026 Council Crest, director, talk over their p...
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Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Mrs. James F. (Elizabeth) Land, 4018 Manitou Way, is general chairman of the annual Sigma Alpha Iota benefit musicale to be held at the residence of the pr...
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Phi Beta Play Reading

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Members of Phi Beta, a professional speech and music fraternity for women, rehearse for a play reading they will perform at the University of Wisconsin Mem...
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High School Seniors

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: West High School class night performers include Floyd Gelhaus, Judy Anderson, and Marjie Kelzenberg.
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State Solo Ensemble Festival

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Carol Jack, Janet Saevre, and Gilman Voss are among the 5,000 high school musicians at the State Solo-Ensemble Festival held in Madison.
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: The former Broadway smash hit, "Glass Menagerie," was presented at the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater at the Washington Scho...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: A chamber drama, "Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer," was one of the features planned for the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater. M...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Kathy McCloskey, at the piano, and Andy Rothblatt, with a guitar, rehearse a Civil War ballad for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Madison Youth Su...
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Franklin School First Grade

Date: 12 15 1957
Description: Group portrait of characters in Franklin School first graders' annual Christmas play. Left to right in the picture are: seated: David Mielke, John Colson, ...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 11 1958
Description: Actors in a modernized version of "Little Red Riding Hood" include, from left, Dr. Harris E. Keel, Margaret Pike, Evelyn Kubly, Corrine Geisler, and Erin (...
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Howard Olson, Ventriloquist

Date: 03 03 1958
Description: Howard Olson poses as "Chester LeRoy" with three of his wooden puppets: Mr. Zino, Cowboy Eddie, and Sandy McAndy.
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Three Members of the Rosaline Peck Society, Children of the American Revolution

Date: 02 17 1957
Description: Presenting musical numbers, in costume, at a meeting of the Rosaline Peck Society, Children of the American Revolution include, from left to right, Anne Fa...
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Wisconsin High School Orpheus Show

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Group portrait of writers for the Orpheus Show at Wisconsin High School. The theme for the show was "Mickey Moose Club, Anything Can Happen Night." Picture...

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