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| Date: | 09 25 1938 |
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| Description: | Eastwood Theatre booth at the East Side Business Men's Association fall festival. "Wednesday, Club Nite $300.00, $25.00 guaranteed." |
| Date: | 12 21 1934 |
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| Description: | First Christian Church school students and choir members dressed as angels and shepherds in a scene from a Christmas pageant "The Promised One" in Esther V... |
| Date: | 08 27 1934 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Orpheum Theatre softball team. They are wearing t-shirts that read "Cool Orpheum." |
| Date: | 06 22 1933 |
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| Description: | Harold Knudsen sitting on the National Junior Racer outside the Capitol Theatre, the prize for a contest conducted by the Fiore Coal and Oil Co., Phillips ... |
| Date: | 11 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Fanchon & Marco girls, graduates of Carla Tormey School of Dance, Milwaukee, rehearsing a Homecoming show with University of Wisconsin cheerleaders, Joe St... |
| Date: | 09 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse viewing contest entries for The Capital Times' recent Movie Star Coloring contest held in celebration of RKO's Greater... |
| Date: | 07 24 1932 |
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| Description: | "Bring 'em back alive" coloring contest display in the Capitol Theatre, at 209 State Street. |
| Date: | 06 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Men posing during a golf stunt, as they try to hit a golf ball off a man's nose while he is lying on his back on the floor in the lobby of the Orpheum Thea... |
| Date: | 01 23 1932 |
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| Description: | Sherman PTA Players, winners of the 4th Dane Co. Drama Preliminary Contest at DeForest, in the fainting scene in "Bills." |
| Date: | 06 05 1931 |
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| Description: | RKO parade float, with people on the float and ushers standing beside, advertising "cool and comfortable as a summer vacation" for the Orpheum and Capitol ... |
| Date: | 01 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Presenting the play, "They Are Not What They Used To Be." The Sunnyside P.T.A., 3902 E. Washington Avenue, won the fourth preliminary contest in the Dane C... |
| Date: | 12 17 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a Christmas Add-a-Toy Mountain in the RKO Orpheum theater lobby, with a girl adding a doll to the mountain of toys. The toys are on and around a ta... |
| Date: | 09 29 1930 |
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| Description: | Close-up of display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights." Features a model train from Wolf-Kubly & Hersig with signs saying: "31,000 mi... |
| Date: | 09 29 1930 |
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| Description: | Display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights" and coming attraction "Africa Speaks." Features a model train from Wolff-Kubly & Hersig, w... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The layout plan for the Lambertville Music Circus with elevations of stage and pit. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Dance and singing performance during a festival at Taliesin West. The theater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by the Fellowship. Taliesin West... |
| Date: | 11 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Catholic War Veterans talent contest contestants in costume. |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman rides in a car in a parade on the Capitol Square. He came for a 5 1/2 hour visit, gave a "peace" address to the nation from the U... |
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| Description: | A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Reviewing stand for the Wisconsin centennial parade being built on Monona Avenue. Visible in the background are the Woolworth store in the Pioneer Building... |
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