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Buster Keaton and Seneca Grape Juice Executive

Date: 1965
Description: Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President.
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Chinko the Juggler

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Description: Chinko The Juggler balances a large portrait of a woman on his head.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, in a posed shot for their appearance in Florenz Ziegfeld's production of Show Boat.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
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Sidell Sisters in Show Boat

Date: 1928
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, former students of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, in a posed photograph from Florenz Ziegfeld's production of ...
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Dancer Ruby Faye

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Description: Dancer Ruby Faye posed with a cane used as a dance prop. Ruby Fay was at one time a student of F.W. Kehl of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, and the p...
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Arthur Page and Statue of Liberty

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Description: Arthur W. Page (far left in eyeglasses and hat), poses with business associates and a little girl in costume. The Statue of Liberty is in the background.
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Tams Music Library Truck

Date: 03 26 1926
Description: An International truck used by the Tams Music Library parks outside a large brick building with an arched entrance. Above the entrance is the address, "305...
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London Terrace Marine Deck

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Description: London Terrace marine deck. View of a roofdeck sun porch resembling a ship deck at London Terrace apartments. A man and a woman lounge while a man in a cap...
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Four Lithuanian Women

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Description: A portrait of four Lithuanian women in costumes for the World's Fair in 1939.
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a living nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The three children represent an angel, Joseph, and Mary, and are gathered around a manger...
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a live nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The five children represent the three wise men, and Joseph, and Mary. They are gathered aro...
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Ecology Day at General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of two protesters on Ecology day at General Motors. The protesters are holding a banner and wearing gas masks. A large office building and a pro...
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Bread and Puppet Theater, General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater members protesting at General Motors Headquarters. A crowd of people wearing gas masks and hooded cloaks reminiscent of the grim r...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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Scene from Golden Ingots

Date: 1877
Description: Scene from Golden Ingots at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1847. Costumed students act outdoors in a ...
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Pageant Tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Date: 1922
Description: View of an outdoor pageant tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of New York. Students stand in a wooded...
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Scott's Showboat

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Description: A band sits on the deck of Scott's Showboat, designed in 1932 by Ray Scott Sr., while floating near a dock on Lake Oquaga. The men are dressed in nautical ...
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Camp St. John Native American Ceremonies

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Description: Campers watch Native American ceremonies while seated around the council ring at Camp St. John. The group of boys and young men gather around a fire pit, a...
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The Flying Cromwells

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Description: View of an acrobatic team on a trapeze. The act, performed on a boardwalk at Midland Beach by the Flying Cromwells, is observed by a large gathering of peo...

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