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Blackfriars Production of "Black Orchid"

Date: 01 27 1941
Description: Group portrait of cast on stage of "Brother Orchid," Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Blackfriars Production of "Stage Door"

Date: 12 02 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast of "Stage Door" on stage, presented by Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Play Scene from "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: Badger Social Center (Badger School ?) Rt. 5 home talent players "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale play scene. Winner of Dane County State Tournament at Bascom Th...
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Singing Cadets

Date: 08 30 1930
Description: Elevated view of Floyd's Singing Cadets on stage. The cadets and leader are at the Orpheum theater.
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Singing Cadets at Orpheum Theater

Date: 08 30 1930
Description: Elevated view of Floyd's Singing Cadets. The cadets and leader are on stage in front of the theater curtain.
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Cadet Singers at Orpheum Theater

Date: 08 30 1930
Description: Elevated view of Floyd's Singing Cadets. The cadets and leader on standing on the stage.
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Cadet Singers

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Floyd's Cadets (singers), a vaudeville act, in military uniforms standing in a line at the front of the stage at the Orpheum Theatre. "First use of photo f...
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Catholic War Veterans Talent Contest

Date: 11 08 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Catholic War Veterans talent contest contestants in costume.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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American Legion Christmas Party

Date: 12 1982
Description: "Santa Claus shows up at the American Legion Christmas party."
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Theresa Lions Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1992
Description: "Annual Theresa Lions Christmas Party at G & Z's Hall." Santa Claus visits with guests.
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 359-369

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Description: Everybody was wonderful

Stars kept rising, pink and gold
Trailing threads of breathless music
barely out of reach
Hand to hand around the n...
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Lions Christmas Party

Date: 12 1979
Description: Kathy Benter receives a gift from Santa at the Lions Christmas Party. Her husband is at the left. Lions members are Silver Polster and Ollie Weninger.
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"Pure as the Driven Snow"

Date: 05 1940
Description: Blackfriars. View of the stage from the audience.
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones, and the film crew on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." The sound stage and a light are set up above a pool ...
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Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson

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Description: Jackie Robinson, his wife Rachel Robinson, and a child, probably their son Jackie Robinson Jr. They are sitting in chairs on a baseball field during the ma...
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Scene from the "The Jackie Robinson Story"

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Description: Actors Howard Louis MacNeely and an unidentified man are filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." Jackie Robinson is sitting on a st...
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Prison Scene from "The Man in the Iron Mask"

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Description: Director James Whale filming a scene from the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." An unidentified actor, possibly Louis Hayward, is wearing the iron mask...
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Mexican Day of Independence Celebration

Date: 09 17 1989
Description: A young man and woman are dancing together on a stage. Other dancers and people are sitting at tables in the background. Caption reads: "The La Casa Senior...

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