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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean", Felix Pulgram of Milwaukee (as Robin Hood) and Robert Bec...
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Group of Usherettes

Date: 1950
Description: Usherettes perform Swiss folk dances for the annual William Tell Festival.
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Hildegarde with Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 15 1950
Description: Entertainer and pianist Hildegarde, born Hildegarde Loretta Sell, is shown in fur coat with Governor Oscar Rennebohm. She is a Wisconsin native born in Ade...
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Showing their tickets in the atrium of the University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are univer...
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Profes...
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"White Lightning" Concert Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Concert poster for "White Lightning" at Snoopy's in Madison, Wisconsin, March 23-24, 1971.
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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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Girl Dancers in Costume

Date: 1931
Description: Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage.
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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Flower Girls

Date: 05 1931
Description: Faye Finch, Dorothy Tober and Doris Behling pose out of doors. They are dressed in crepe paper costumes with petalled skirts, leaf bibs and caps with stem...
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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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Group of Reenactors

Date: 2007
Description: Historical reenactors in costume await visitors outside the "American Queen" steamboat.
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Dixieland Band

Date: 07 1995
Description: "Mayville's Raymond ?, also know as Peggy McEathon sings with the Pete Runde Dixieland Band."
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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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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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Band in front of Opera House

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Description: Brass band with eight musicians posed standing on the street in front of the Opera House. At the far right is Carl Pope. Signs advertise "John T. Hinds in ...
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Theresa Parade

Date: 08 1995
Description: "Parade in Theresa, corner of Milwaukee & Henni St."
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...

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