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Automotives Trades Council

Date: 12 18 1944
Description: Group portrait of Automotive Trades Council members at Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street, with Ben and Alvina Bergor, entertainers, sitting in the front ...
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Crystal Theater

Date: 1912
Description: The Crystal Theater at N. 2nd Street between W. Wisconsin Avenue and W. Wells Street.
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Fred Stone in an Early Automobile.

Date: 1905
Description: Comic actor Fred Stone holding the tiller of an early two-seat runabout. The automobile may be a Woods Electric or Woods Dual Power. Stone had been a circu...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...
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Free Show Tonight

Date: 09 1930
Description: During the 1920s Madison magician Ben Bergor toured with various vaudeville companies. This is the setup for the Curtis Comedy Company.

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