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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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Marquette School Playground Group in Costumes

Date: 07 18 1932
Description: Marquette School children, with their drama teacher Ethel Kaump, in costumes for their play "The Fairy Woods," presented on the banks of the Yahara River.
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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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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: Maid Marion, played by Bonnie Burmeister, lures Friar Tuck, portrayed by Robert Becker, during a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club ...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the UW Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," six swimmers portray Robin Hood's "Merry Men" as they "march" to the castle. T...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean", Felix Pulgram of Milwaukee (as Robin Hood) and Robert Bec...
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Street Concert

Date: 09 1990
Description: A concert on Rock River Street.
Historical Object

101 - Scenes from Historical Pageant

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In each, campers are participating in a historical pageant, on a wooden stage in one photogra...
Historical Object

131 - Scenes from Joy Camps Pageant

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. These images capture various scenes from a pageant staged outdoors, with a lake and distant sh...
Print

Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with two Commedia dell' Arte characters: Tartaglia, a rotund figure who w...
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The Crowd at Fort St. Antoine

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd at Fort St. Antoine celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Nicolas Perrot claiming the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France. A reenactm...
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Pageant of Taking Possession

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actors taking part in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France at Fort St. Antoi...
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Actors with Flag in Reenactment

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Six actors are standing outdoors. One of them men is holding a flag a fleur-de-lis design in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed th...
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Actors near Indian Lodge

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A group of actors, some in Native American clothing, are posing by an Indian lodge. They are participants in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas P...
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Group of Actors in Reenactment

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A large group of actors posing together outdoors while in costume. They are participants in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the...
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Taking Possession Pageant

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors performing in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France at Fort St. Antoin...

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