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Blackfriars Production of "You Can't Take It With You"

Date: 05 26 1941
Description: Blackfriars Guild theater group cast on stage for "You Can't Take It With You."
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Blackfriars Production of "Fog Over Mars"

Date: 03 24 1941
Description: Group portrait of 11 cast members of the Blackfriars Guild on stage in "Fog Over Mars."
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Blackfriars Production of "Black Orchid"

Date: 01 27 1941
Description: Group portrait of cast on stage of "Brother Orchid," Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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Blackfriars Production of "Stage Door"

Date: 12 02 1940
Description: Group portrait of cast of "Stage Door" on stage, presented by Blackfriars Guild theater group.
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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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"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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Dick DeYoung

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Description: Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s...
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Mandu the Magician

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Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
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Green Ram Theater Opening

Date: 07 03 1957
Description: Professor Fredrick Buerki, technical director of the Wisconsin Union theater and designer of the new playhouse's stage facilities, cleaning a table on stag...
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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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Isaac Singer with George Zieber

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Description: Actors portraying I.M. Singer and his friend George Zieber with the first sewing machine.
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Singer Examining a Sewing Machine

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Description: Actors portray I.M. Singer and George Zieber examining an early sewing machine.
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Newton Minow and Paul Douglas

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Description: Newton Minow and Senator Paul H. Douglas are seated side-by-side at a desk. Behind them is a globe in front of a fake curtained window with a view of the c...
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Newton Minow and Harold Ostertag

Date: 07 30 1961
Description: Newton Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Comission (FCC), and Harold C. Ostertag, Report From Congress representative are seated together with ...
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Merrillyn Wegner with her Puppets

Date: 12 10 1953
Description: Merrillyn (Mrs. Robert) Wegner is shown holding puppets and standing in front of a set from "Your Puppet Pals", a weekly show on WKOW-TV. She has a smiling...
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon and an unidentified man are viewing the construction of one of the sets from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Another unidentified man is...
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Mothers with Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Beverly Stark, a Madison television personality with two children, is posing with a floral arrangement on a set in front of a television camera. A man is s...
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Cynthia Shove and Lee Hauck with Puppets

Date: 03 27 1958
Description: Two women smiling and looking at a hand puppet of a dog. Other hand puppets are propped up on a table in front of them, and a stage is behind them. Caption...

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