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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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Scene from Play "Stage Door"

Date: 12 02 1940
Description: Scene from the play "Stage Door," presented by Blackfriars Theater Guild.
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Orpheum Theatre Ticket Girls

Date: 02 25 1939
Description: Group portrait of seven ticket girls in matching uniform tops at Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street.
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Three Female Models

Date: 03 31 1933
Description: Elizabeth Dill, Mary Flynn, and Sarah Ann Wiley, in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street, modeling clothing from Kessenich's Easter collectio...
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Collecting Money for Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 09 1932
Description: Dorothy Hoffman, member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, is shown dropping money into milk bottle held by Harley Droster, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre. Mone...
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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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RKO Parade Float

Date: 06 05 1931
Description: RKO parade float, with people on the float and ushers standing beside, advertising "cool and comfortable as a summer vacation" for the Orpheum and Capitol ...
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"Disraeli" Play Cast

Date: 12 11 1929
Description: Cast of play "Disraeli" on stage at Hillel Foundation with director Agatha Karlen (Mrs. John Guy Fowlkes).
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Hosiery Workers Laughing at Highlander

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Description: A group of four hosiery workers participating in a skit and wearing accessories made from newspaper, as part of a Highlander Folk School workshop. Joie Wil...
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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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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Committee

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The members of the Madison Theater Guild have worked seven days a week to make costumes for a cast of 30 in the production of "As You Like It". They are wo...
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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Designer Loie

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie.
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Lou Doriag Tries on Costume

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Lou Doriag tries on her costume for Marilou Durkin. Lou Doriag plays Celia in "As You Like It" in a Madison Theater Guild production.
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Madison Theater Guild Actor Tries on Costume

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: An actor from the Madison Theater Guild tries on a costume.
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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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Ben Bergor Performs

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Description: Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant.
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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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