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Eastwood Theatre Staircase

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: Verticle interior view of Eastwood Theatre featuring staircase and newel post with statue of Mercury.
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Fuller Opera House Interior

Date: 1900
Description: View from the stage of the interior of the Fuller Opera House.
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Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: The Oshkosh Grand Opera House. This is the interior elevated view showing the curtain painted by Louis Kindt of Kenosha, which depicts a scene from Goethe'...
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Election Board

Date: 09 1925
Description: The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall.
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South Milwaukee Public Library Auditorium

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Description: Interior view of the South Milwaukee Public Library of an audience of children and adults from the stage area of an auditorium.
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Lake Chautauqua Amphitheatre

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Description: View from an upper seat on the side of the stage of the interior of an amphitheatre at Lake Chautauqua, founded in 1874. The audience observes a woman on t...
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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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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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Loew's Metropolitan Theatre

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Description: Interior of Loew's Metropolitan Theatre. The main lobby features two railings that lead toward a staircase. Mirrors line both sides of the lobby along with...
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Loew's Metropolitan Theatre

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Description: Interior of Loew's Metropolitan Theatre. The mezzanine lounge features a couch, tables, mirrors, and an ornate ceiling overlooking the seating of the groun...
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Loew's Metropolitan Theatre

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Description: Interior of Loew's Metropolitan Theatre. The view, taken from the mezzanine, features the stage, seating, and side balconies and a chandelier hangs from th...
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New Bradford Theatre

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Description: Interior of New Bradford Theatre, built in 1935 in the Hooker Fulton Building. The view taken from the stage left balcony features an ornate stage with a c...
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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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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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