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State Street View

Date: 1935
Description: View of the 200 and 300 blocks of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Handie Talkie seen in the Warner hit 'Objective Bur...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Aerial View of Baraboo

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Description: Aerial view of downtown Baraboo, including the town square and the Al. Ringling Theater.
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Governor Goodland with Handicapped Children

Date: 04 15 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland seated with handicapped children, probably in a movie theater. A large cutout of Dopey, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is o...
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Families Seated in a Movie Theater

Date: 04 15 1944
Description: Parents and children, including Governor Goodland, seated in a movie theater to watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" showing a family scene at breakfast, left to right: Mary Snee, Virginia Baldwin, Barbara Burrell, and Erw...
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West High School Production of "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with two actresses and one actor on a ladder. Left to right: Virginia Baldwin, Joel Salter, and Jerry Eri...
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with Kenneth Paine, as narrator.
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" during the drug store scene, with Kenneth Paine, druggist, Virginia Baldwin, and Joel Salter.
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East High School Play Cast

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Members of the East High School play cast for "Tomorrow the World" a story of a Nazi boy in the United States, standing left to right: Robert Cnare, the Ge...
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East High School Play Cast

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Robert Cnare, playing the role of Emil, a Nazi boy in the United States, in the play "Tomorrow the World," presented by East High School students.
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Cast Members of "Othello"

Date: 10 04 1944
Description: Two Madison women appearing in the Margaret Weber's production of "Othello", at the Wisconsin Union Theater with other cast members and Professor Oskar F.L...
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Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Soldier helping a woman use a Handie Talkie at the Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Han...
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Evan M. Hughes, Capitol Theatre Doorman

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the...
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Paper Drive

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts of Troops 20 and 30, and boys of Madison, sitting on the back of a Truax Field army truck loaded with waste pap...
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Three People Rehearsing a Play

Date: 11 01 1946
Description: Two men and one woman rehearsing a play.
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Madison Theater Guild "Alice in Wonderland" Cast

Date: 01 14 1947
Description: Group portrait of cast members of the Madison Theater Guild's presentation of "Alice in Wonderland," dressed in costume. Left to right: Mrs. D.D. (Lucille)...
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Madison Theater Guild "Alice in Wonderland"

Date: 01 14 1947
Description: Group portrait of Madison Theater Guild members working on costumes for their production of "Alice in Wonderland". Left to right: Carrie Rasmussen, 916 Con...
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Madison Theater Guild "Alice in Wonderland"

Date: 01 13 1947
Description: Group portrait of four women, members of the Madison Theater Guild, going over the script for their production of "Alice in Wonderland". Left to right: Nan...

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