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"Truax Field Calling" Radio Show

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Truax Field soldiers produce a weekly radio show, "Truax Field Calling" for WIBA, broadcasting from the field. Shown performing at the microphone, left to ...
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"Truax Field Calling" Radio Show

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Truax Field soldiers produce a weekly radio show, "Truax Field Calling" for WIBA, broadcasting from the field. The band is shown from the balcony at the Se...
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"Truax Field Calling" Radio Show

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Truax Field soldiers produce a weekly radio show, "Truax Field Calling" for WIBA, broadcasting from the field. Shown at a jam session are, left to right, P...
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Gold Star Parents at Memorial Concert

Date: 03 20 1949
Description: The University of Wisconsin honored the dead of four wars with a concert presented by the University Symphony orchestra and chorus that was attended by som...
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Nitty Gritty Beer Special Sign

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Description: Sign advertising for 15 cent tap beers at the Nitty Gritty bar in Madison, Wisconsin. Shows a cartoon of a drunk bugler, playing taps while drinking a pint...
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U.S. Coast Guard Band

Date: 1943
Description: The United States Coast Guard band plays a concert for a War Bond Drive with Rudy Vallee as its conductor. The original caption reads: "U.S.C.G. (Int'l K-6...
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Boys and Girls in Band

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of boys and girls seated with instruments are waiting to perform music at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Children and Adults with Band Instruments

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of school-age children with a several adults sitting outdoors with band instruments at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Band Conductor with Band

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A conductor leads a band made up of school-age children as well as a few adults at a Civilian Defense Rally. They are playing outdoors in front of the Post...
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USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
Poster

Poster for "James J. Corbett, A Naval Cadet"

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James J. Corbett in His New Play A Naval Cadet" across top, Charles T. Vincent's name beneath title upper left and "Direction o...
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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"South Pacific" Actors Learn About Naval Weapons

Date: 03 1960
Description: Madison men who play naval officers in the play "South Pacific" learn about naval weapons by visiting the Naval Reserve Officers Training corps (NROTC) hea...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Officers of the Madison Theatre Guild frolic around a piano. Al Barraclough, director of the Guild, is sitting at the piano. The others are (left to right)...
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Cast of Play

Date: 1905
Description: Eleven young men and women in costume, including two men in military uniform, are posing for a cast portrait on a small stage. There is patriotic bunting h...
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Tableau

Date: 1905
Description: Three young women and five young men, three of whom are in military uniform, are posing in a scene from a play. There is patriotic bunting hanging from the...

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