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Busy B's Dog Circus and International 1200D Truck

Date: 1970
Description: Gloria Peebles (left), animal trainer, Kay Bliss (right), assistant, and their Busy B's canine act performers (11 dogs and 2 monkeys) in front of Internati...
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New Ford Car with Six Lido Ladies

Date: 03 31 1932
Description: Six Lido Ladies, an act performing at the Orpheum Theatre, posing with a new Ford V8 car in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre with a crowd looking on.
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Vaudeville Actors in front of Crescent Clothing

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ...
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Capitol Theatre Orchestra

Date: 04 16 1928
Description: Capitol Theatre orchestra at Pennco Field (Royal Airport) to welcome the Ray-O-Vac Twins.
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"Transtar Rose" on Truck Stop Tour

Date: 1975
Description: Bonnie Nelson (a.k.a. "Transtar Rose") singing country music with a band on a stage as part of her truck stop tour. The tour was sponsored by International...
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"Transtar Rose" on Truck Stop Tour

Date: 08 1975
Description: Bonnie Nelson (a.k.a. "Transtar Rose") singing country music with a band on her truck stop tour. The tour ran in the summer of 1975 from Omaha to Des Moine...
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Fuller Opera House

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view across Mifflin Street towards the Fuller Opera House, which later became the Parkway Theater and was razed in 1954. The City Hall is next doo...
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Flag Drill at Henry Vilas Park

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Description: Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ...
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Ceremonial Performers

Date: 1929
Description: Ceremonial performers in traditional Indian costume pose near a steamboat.
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Circus Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by Hemisphere recording artists Circus, playing at the Church Key in Madison, Wisconsin. Illustration of trains going through ...
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Festival Choir Concert Poster

Date: 04 1975
Description: Poster announcing "Festival Choir," a concert of music from America, conducted by David Crosby, at several venues in Madison and Monona, Wisconsin. Feature...
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Boy Scouts in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A group of Boy Scouts, led by the Scout Leader, playing drums in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking down a street and a crowd of spectators is in th...
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
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Baby Huey & the Babysitters

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: View from above and behind the stage of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey & the Babysitters mid-performance, while the large festival audience stands around the st...
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Grateful Dead Performing on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Side view of the Grateful Dead on stage, featuring Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, and Bill Kreutzmann, play on stage at the Sound Storm Fe...
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Grateful Dead on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Elevated view of the Grateful Dead mid-performance as viewed from scaffolding above the stage, in front of rows of speakers and amplifiers. Audience member...
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Group of Bikers near Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of bikers wearing leather jackets representing their gang affiliations sit and stand on the ground. In the background is a crowd of people near the...
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The Bowery Boys Onstage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of The Bowery Boys performing onstage at the Sound Storm music festival. Band members are Ken Heim on organ, Richard Wiegel on guitar, Jeff A...
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Procession at Bryn Mawr

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Description: A man leads a procession with a bull carrying a long cart decorated with flowers. Women process along the sides of the cart and a band marches on the road ...
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Three Piece Orchestra Aboard Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: Men in a three piece orchestra, consisting of a guitar, a violin, and a glass jug, posing for a photograph aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa ...

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