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Cub Scout Frank Sinatra Act

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Highlight of the entertainment at the final dancing party of the Junior Cotillion club of Wisconsin High School was the Frank Sinatra act put on by members...
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Women's Chorus In The WHA's Studio

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Women's chorus performing in WHA studio.
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Dennis Morgan

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Hollywood singer and actor, Dennis Morgan, in Madison to visit patients at Truax Field. He is on USO tour as a representative of the Hollywood Victory comm...
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Barbershop Quartet

Date: 01 1947
Description: Group portrait of a high school barbershop quartet.
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Young Woman Singers on Staircase

Date: 12 1947
Description: Three young woman singers in formal dresses standing on the staircase at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson. Taken for the Wisconsin State Journal Youth
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Portrait of High School Girls

Date: 12 10 1947
Description: Jo Raimond, Central High School; Carolyn Zabrocki, East High School; and Jane Bandy, West High School, will sing as part of the triple trio at the Christma...
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Dr. Sigrid Prager in His Farewell Concert

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: Dr. Sigfrid Prager conducting the Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Civic Chorus, the University of Wisconsin chorus and soloists in his farewe...
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church Choir

Date: 06 06 1948
Description: Group portrait of African-American choir on steps in front of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 548 West Johnson Street.
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Mop Heads

Date: 12 26 1948
Description: Top-hatted master of ceremonies, Stanton Stavrum, looks on as Robert Smith, Charles Van Deitz, and Hugh Benidict in mop wigs and dresses, rehearse singing ...
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East High School Double Quartet

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: Popular singers in the city's young set are the eight boys who make up East High School's double quartet. First row, left to right: George Otis, Jim Bailey...
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Philharmonic Chorus

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Group portrait of thirteen male and female members of the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison.
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Opera Singer Kirsten Flagstad and Her Daughter

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: One of the greatest names in opera, soprano Kirsten Flagstad, seated, is pictured with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur W. (Else) Dusenberry, 4327 Regent Street. ...
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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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Christmas Pageant Singers

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: Three singers participate in the annual Christmas pageant presented by Madison high school students in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. From left are ...
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Luther Memorial Chapel Choir Members

Date: 12 10 1949
Description: Meta Church, Charles Postel, and Ronald Anderson, members of the Luther Memorial Church chapel choir, wearing robes while posing next to a painting of an a...
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Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral Group

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Some of the girls of the Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral group prepare for a cantata to be performed to raise money to purchase the grand piano in the pictu...
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The Madisonians Singing Group

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: 27 teen singers stand behind a piano at the Madison YWCA. The group was formed by Don Voss (extreme right) with the cooperation of the East Side Youth Acti...
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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a...
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Madison Maennerchor Singing Society

Date: 02 21 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Maennerchor, the oldest singing society in Wisconsin, standing around their accompanist, Mrs. Grace L. Snell, at the group's ninety-...
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Westminster Church "Singing School"

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: A group of Westminster Presbyterian Church members in old fashioned dress recreate an old-time singing school as a fund raiser to bring five displaced pers...

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