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Local SPEBSQSA Group Rehearsal

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: The local group of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) group rehearses for an internatio...
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Local SPEBSQSA Group Rehearsal

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: The local group for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) rehearsing for an international ...
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Local SPEBSQSA Group Rehearsal

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: The local group of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) rehearsing before an internationa...
Photograph

Local SPEBSQSA Group Rehearsal

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: The local group of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) rehearsing before an internationa...
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Sherman Terrace Apartment Children Present "The Sad Sullivan Show"

Date: 08 09 1960
Description: Children living at Sherman Terrace Apartments present "The Sad Sullivan Show" to their parents and friends at their outdoor theater to raise money for a ne...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Then and Now" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Mrs. Harry P. (Merry) Stoll applies makeup to her husband, Harry P. Stoll, the master of ceremonies for the JCC musical review "Then and Now." Mrs. Stoll ...
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"In Dahomey" Stars

Date: 1902
Description: George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African...
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Madison High School Musicians

Date: 05 10 1950
Description: Four Madison high school musicians, participants in the annual music festival at the University of Wisconsin stock pavillion, posing for a group portrait. ...
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from Truax Field's "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Rhumba dancers Pfcs. Mary Noonan and James Willingham, and eight other WACs as rhumba dancers, in costume, o...
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Irene Castle, in Watch Your Step

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle in a tripping pose for Irving Berlin's 1914 Broadway musical Watch Your Step.
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Sergeant Henry Hale Uhar and seven other soldiers dressed as "Hawaiian Maidens," on stage at the Wisconsin Memorial Union ...
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirl

Date: 08 01 1932
Description: A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl."
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Patronesses of Sigma Alpha Iota

Date: 02 1955
Description: Patronesses of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota serve as hostesses at the benefit musicale sponsored by the Madison alumnae group. P...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a male actor in a stage musical surrounded by actresses in matching costumes.
Book or Pamphlet

The Cradle Will Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Page five of the playbill for performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. The page credits Blitzstein, Orson Welles, and three of the cast...
Book or Pamphlet

The Cradle Will Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Page eleven of the playbill for the performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. Page eleven includes more of the cast list and an advertis...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce "Now and Then" Revue

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Richard T. Spitler, Battle Creek, Michigan, professional director of the JCC revue, center, discusses a dance routine with Bill Graham, Route 2, left, and ...
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Festival Choir Concert Poster

Date: 04 1975
Description: Poster announcing "Festival Choir," a concert of music from America, conducted by David Crosby, at several venues in Madison and Monona, Wisconsin. Feature...
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Navy Band and Tap Dancer

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Twelve members of Navy band playing instruments on stage, with a tap dancer posing close to the floor in front of the piano.
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Calliope Truck Leading a Parade

Date: 08 13 1932
Description: A "RKO Greater Show Season" truck with signs promoting a show at the RKO Orpheum Theatre, a calliope and two men sitting on top, leading a parade of automo...

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