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Cast of "Bolt Your Houses"

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Cast of "Bolt Your Houses" on stage in a scene from the play.
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Cast & Staff of "Bolt Your Houses"

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast and staff of "Bolt Your Houses" on stage.
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Sorority Alumnae Play Cast

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Two alumnae members of the Madison chapter of Phi Beta, speech and music sorority, rehearsing for their part in the "Old English Revels" for members and th...
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Man and Woman on Location for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Gloria Link

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: Gloria Link placed second for outstanding performance in the Wisconsin Players' summer season. This was according to a poll of the playbill's directors con...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 22 1953
Description: Portraying Diamond Jim Brady and Diamond Lil at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party are Robert and Harriet Narowetz. They are being served a drink by...
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Mr. & Mrs. Houdini

Date: 1926
Description: Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis.
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Teatro Campesino Acto

Date: 1967
Description: Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec...
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John Bowers and Leatrice Joy in "The Ace of Hearts"

Date: 1921
Description: Forrest (played by John Bowers) holds an axe as Lilith (Leatrice Joy) gazes into his face in this scene still from the silent film "The Ace of Hearts." The...
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Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: In the foreground Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford embrace at the foot of a grave. Behind them are three covered wagons, numerous men and women on horseback,...
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Movie Poster for "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: A man and woman look out of a window at people picking cotton in a field. The two are well-dressed.
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Keystone Oriental Set Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Mack Sennett, in a dark suit, and two technicians stand by a Prestwich camera on the set of an unidentified Middle Eastern themed Keystone Comedy. A belly ...
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Milton Sills and Dorothy Dalton

Date: 1922
Description: Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) comes up behind Clement Gaunt (Milton Sills) apparently to sneak a small money bag into the pocket of his corduro...
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West High School Presents the Play "The Bishop Misbehaves"

Date: 11 10 1958
Description: West High School presents the play "The Bishop Misbehaves". Members of the stage crew include, left to right: Lynn Hogan, Neal Ruedisili, Mike Schwartz, an...
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Scene Still for "Anna Ascends"

Date: 1922
Description: At least fifteen actors wearing formal evening wear pose in the drawing room of a mansion in this scene still for the silent film "Anna Ascends." In the fi...
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Agnes Vernon and William Desmond in a scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Wearing men's western clothing Jem Mason (played by Agnes Vernon) looks doubtfully at Bare Fisted Gallagher (William Desmond). She holds a Winchester repea...
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Scene still with Anna Luther and George Walsh

Date: 1916
Description: Mildred Manning (played by Anna Luther) kisses ranch owner Del Burton (George Walsh) in a scene still for "The Beast" (Fox 1916).
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Scene still with Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston

Date: 1916
Description: Ben Blair (played by Dustin Farnum in cowboy costume) has a picnic on the ground with Florence Winthrop (Winifred Kingston, wearing a corduroy riding suit)...

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