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| Date: | 09 09 1941 |
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| Description: | Set-up of radio equipment for a lecture. The man is probably Glenn Morris. |
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| Description: | Lowell(?) Hoffmaster, a student at the Kehl School of Dance, poses in chef's costume with a serving tray. |
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| Description: | Elmer Taylor, a student at the Kehl School of Dance, poses in 'formal wear' costume. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man. |
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| Description: | Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses with cymbals, with her knee raised high. She is wearing an elaborate costume. |
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| Description: | Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell". |
| Date: | 01 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Jackie Robinson standing in front of a curtain wearing a jacket and tie. He is standing next to a podium, perhaps behind the curtain before or after speaki... |
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| Description: | Joe Berg, a professional magician and magic dealer, who was based in Chicago. This autographed picture was presented to Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician... |
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| Description: | Formal publicity portrait of magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing one of his sleight of hand tricks with lighted cigarettes. Bergor was billed as the ... |
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| Description: | Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Elsie Janis who with Montgomery and Stone will open in the new musical comedy 'The Lady of the Slipper'..." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views of a play performed for Valentine's Day. One side shows a person dressed in jester's attir... |
| Date: | 03 1963 |
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| Description: | Contact sheet of images of Newton Minow at a podium speaking at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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| Description: | Sammy Davis Jr. posing with his hands up and his mouth open in front of a curtain. He is wearing a suit coat, tie, hat and a pinky ring on one hand. |
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