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Wisconsin High School Play Cast

Date: 10 05 1949
Description: Left to right: Dave Brodhead, Bill Spoentgen and Helen Hosler, three Wisconsin High School students, rehearse for "Trifles", a one-act play.
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Dr. Sigfrid Prager's Farewell Concert

Date: 05 23 1948
Description: Dr. Sigfrid Prager conducting the Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Civic Chorus, the University of Wisconsin chorus and soloists in his farewe...
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Phi Beta Play Reading

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Members of Phi Beta, a professional speech and music fraternity for women, rehearse for a play reading they will perform at the University of Wisconsin Mem...
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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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Drum and Bugle Corps Marching

Date: 1930
Description: View of twenty-one men marching outside holding rifles, drums and bugles. Many of the men are wearing hats.
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Play Scene from "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: Badger Social Center (Badger School ?) Rt. 5 home talent players "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale play scene. Winner of Dane County State Tournament at Bascom Th...
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Pi Eta Alumnae Chapter Play Readers

Date: 03 12 1952
Description: Playing leading roles in "The Concert" play reading by the Pi Eta alumnae chapter of Phi Beta are, left to right: Mrs. W.G. (Mary) Ogden, Jr., Ray J. Stanl...
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Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Mrs. James F. (Elizabeth) Land, 4018 Manitou Way, is general chairman of the annual Sigma Alpha Iota benefit musicale to be held at the residence of the pr...
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University League-Junior Division

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Three members of the play-reading group of the Junior Division of the University League and their husbands meet to read a play. Standing left to right are:...
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Mendota Hospital Centennial Event

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: Several participants tell the early history of Mendota State Hospital at the centennial pageant. They are, left to right: Cecilia Shedleski, a nurse at the...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...
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Alma Center Band

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Description: Band posed playing in a circle formation, probably the Alma Center Band, in a concert on the lawn in front of the Jackson County Court House. The house in ...
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Howard Olson, Ventriloquist

Date: 03 03 1958
Description: Howard Olson poses as "Chester LeRoy" with three of his wooden puppets: Mr. Zino, Cowboy Eddie, and Sandy McAndy.
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Green Ram Theater Picnic

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Three people enjoying a picnic at the Green Ram Theater north of Baraboo.
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League of Women Voters Skit Cast

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Four League of Women Voters of Madison members who will perform a skit, "Bridge a la League" at a membership reception, are gathered around a card table. F...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 12 12 1959
Description: Drama Institute in Madison drew hundreds of high school thespians from all over the state. Members of the South Milwaukee High School Drama Club. Left to R...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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Youth Summer Theater Tryouts

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Elaine Schluter (left), Judy Beyers, Pat Whitney, and Dolores Reimer enjoying soft drinks and doughnuts at the 'get-acquainted' party.
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We Saw You at St. James Rehearsal

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: Stephen Brinkman and Nelda Roemer, two of the St. James Catholic Theater guild's 50 members, rehearse for an upcoming play.
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East High Play

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: East High School actors being made up for a preformance of "Tish." Left to right: Pat Runstrom, Virginia Henrickson, Connie Connor, Leslie West, Rita Cleas...

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