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Ziegfield Follies

Date: 1912
Description: Bert Williams (right) and Leon Errol (left) are a cabbie and his fare from the 1912 Ziegfield Follies. The cab is drawn by a rumpled pantomime horse. Behin...
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Ada Lois James with Rifle

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Description: Ada [& friend] Charlie. Ada is pretending to shoot an apple from the head of her friend Charlie, who is posing kneeling with his arms folded. There is a pa...
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Group of Girls

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Description: A group of girls, possibly in a school pageant.
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Putnam Catholic Academy

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Description: A view of the auditorium and stage at Putnam Catholic Academy. Windows line the left and right sides of the hall, and a piano stands to the left. The stag...
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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: View down center aisle in the auditorium at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy toward the stage. The audience chairs are arranged in rows. Windows line both ...
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College of Mt. St. Vincent

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Description: View down central aisle in the auditorium at the College of Mt. St. Vincent toward the stage. A central set of steps leads up to the stage. The stage is se...
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Opera House

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Description: Interior of the Opera House. The view from behind the main floor seating includes the stage and the stage left balcony. In the foreground are columns suppo...
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Maema Marionette Scene

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Description: View of a Maema Marionette scene from "The Snow Mountain." Two child puppets play on a see-saw and a female puppet sits on a bench.
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Ozark Colony Lodge

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Description: Interior of Ozark County Lodge. View of a columned dance floor toward a stage set with a piano and chairs. A disco ball and decorative streamers hang from ...
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Ed Sullivan and the Beatles

Date: 02 1964
Description: Ed Sullivan poses with the Beatles in February 1964.
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Cygnet Films

Date: 10 1968
Description: Bill Duren (in the background), owner of Cygnet Films, talks with a production assistant during shooting for a training film. Cygnet Films, which was based...
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Ben Bergor on Stage

Date: 1930
Description: Magician Ben Bergor of Madison with the stage equipment he used for his performances.
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Ben Bergor Performs

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Description: Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant.
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Dick DeYoung

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Description: Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s...
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Mandu the Magician

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Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
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Theatrical Advertising Corporation Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Theatrical Advertising Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a proscenium stage and two people in a box seat turned toward the stage, w...
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Dutch Girls Orchestra

Date: 05 28 1934
Description: Photograph submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Group portrait of the six women in the Dutch Girls Orchestra. They are posed ons...
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Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Queen of Hearts Play

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Image from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album, with cast members of the Queen of Hearts play: Armida Peterson, Rose Martinelli (lady-in-waiting), Rosalyn Schi...
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Neighborhood House Album: Feast of the Little Lanterns Play

Date: 05 1927
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with cast members of "Feast of the Little Lanterns," a production staged by the Fireside Girls club. The ...

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