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| Date: | 04 21 1927 |
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| Description: | The projection room in the Orpheum Theatre, with projectors and other equipment ready for movie viewing. |
| Date: | 02 25 1939 |
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| Description: | Parkway Theatre, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street, side view of speaker. |
| Date: | 11 10 1932 |
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| Description: | Fanchon & Marco "Irene Girls" listening to a small radio backstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Fanchon & Marco were a brother and sister choreography duo who t... |
| Date: | 10 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in... |
| Date: | 12 23 1930 |
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| Description: | Christmas Victor radio show display in Orpheum theater lobby. There are four console radios and two Christmas trees. On the wall is a depiction of Santa in... |
| Date: | 01 10 1930 |
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| Description: | Levers, toggles, and indicator lights make up the switchboard on the stage at the Eastwood Theatre. Located at 2090 Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 13 1928 |
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| Description: | Electrical control board at the new Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 03 03 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Actress Marilyn Eddy taking a group portrait of other cast members of Madison Theater Guild's production of "The Hasty Heart." |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of group in costume in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 09 10 1938 |
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| Description: | A man crouches near a 7.5 x 7.5 Lippman ice machine powered by an International PA-50 power unit at the Isis Theater. |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | The ladies' sitting room in the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater. |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Close-up of original lighting dimmer board backstage at the Al. Ringling Theatre. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Robert Gard holding his glasses in one hand and reading his book Grassroots Theater held in the other hand. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar... |
| Date: | 11 02 2014 |
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| Description: | View from balcony looking down at the stage at the Overture Center. People are sitting in the ground floor seats. The stage is illuminated by blue spot lig... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Two women are sitting behind piles of printed bulletins and a typewriter, woring at addressing each one. Jane Gintz (right) was Madison Theatre Guild's box... |
| Date: | 05 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Ruth Hogan, a home economist with the National Livestock and Meat Board prepares a dish during a demonstration at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooki... |
| Date: | 10 1982 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger and Florence Reece at Highlander Benefit Concert at Bijou Theater. The inscription written on Seeger's banjo reads: "This Machine Surrounds Hat... |
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