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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1931 |
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| Description: | Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron." |
| Date: | 05 26 1941 |
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| Description: | Blackfriars Guild theater group cast on stage for "You Can't Take It With You." |
| Date: | 03 24 1941 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 11 cast members of the Blackfriars Guild on stage in "Fog Over Mars." |
| Date: | 01 27 1941 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of cast on stage of "Brother Orchid," Blackfriars Guild theater group. |
| Date: | 12 02 1940 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of cast of "Stage Door" on stage, presented by Blackfriars Guild theater group. |
| Date: | 06 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Pablo the Magician holding a "Capital Times" newspaper in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. He is using the newspaper in his act with Fanchon and Marco's s... |
| Date: | 04 24 1932 |
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| Description: | Orpheum and Capitol ushers relaxing at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, where "Tarzan the Ape Man" is showing, at a kickoff for the Milk Bottle Fund ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Parkway Theater (formerly Fuller Opera House). 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. McVicar's automobile is parked in front with a sign on the tire cov... |
| Date: | 02 01 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Capitol and Orpheum theater staff and ushers in uniform, standing and sitting around the Capitol Theatre lobby fountain. |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Display advertising "Monte Carlo" movie featuring roulette wheel in Capitol lobby? A man is standing behind a table on the right. |
| Date: | 09 07 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Orpheum Theatre stagehands. |
| Date: | 09 07 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers. |
| Date: | 09 07 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers. |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street. |
| Date: | 12 11 1929 |
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| Description: | Cast of play "Disraeli" on stage at Hillel Foundation with director Agatha Karlen (Mrs. John Guy Fowlkes). |
| Date: | 09 09 1928 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Orpheum Theatre ushers in uniform. |
| Date: | 03 01 1927 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. View from the roof of Kruse's store towards two workmen and the construction house. |
| Date: | 04 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of new Orpheum Theatre ushers. Behind the group is a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal near the "Aisle 2" doors to the auditorium. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| 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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