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Three Characters in Play in Costumes

Date: 12 11 1936
Description: Three students dressed in costumes for East High School play taken for "Tower Times."
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Garrick Theatre Interior

Date: 09 21 1934
Description: Garrick Theatre, 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.) Interior, side view, of the theater being remodeled.
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Shawl Pageant at Woman's Club Building

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant, Mrs. M.A. Edwards, French shawl, and Mrs. L.B. Kruger, Spanish shawl.
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Fan Dancer

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Fan dancer Rosita Carmen performing at the Orpheum Theatre, while offstage she is accompanied by the organist Mac Bridwell.
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Fan Dancer

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Rosita Carmen, burlesque dancer, performing with feather fans on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre.
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Chanticleer Orchestra

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of Chanticleer "Lanky Neal" Orchestra dressed in identical suits and two-tone shoes.
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Orpheum Theatre Stagehands

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of Orpheum Theatre stagehands.
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Eastwood Theatre Proscenium Arch

Date: 01 30 1930
Description: View of the Eastwood Theater proscenium arch, grills, orchestra pit, and front few rows of seating, with decorative detail along the side of the auditorium...
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Man Playing Kimball Theatre Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Man playing Kimball organ at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Kimball Theater Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Kimball theater organ at Orpheum Theater, with "Organ — New Orpheum Theatre, Madison, Wis." written on the negative.
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Kimball Theater Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Kimball theater organ at the Orpheum Theater.
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Lowell(?) Hoffmaster as Chef

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Description: Lowell(?) Hoffmaster, a student at the Kehl School of Dance, poses in chef's costume with a serving tray.
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Elmer Taylor

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Description: Elmer Taylor, a student at the Kehl School of Dance, poses in 'formal wear' costume.
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Ed Sullivan and the Beatles

Date: 02 1964
Description: Ed Sullivan poses with the Beatles in February 1964.
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Newton Minow

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Description: Candid portrait of Newton Minow.
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Newton Minow — Contact Sheet

Date: 03 1963
Description: Contact sheet of images of Newton Minow at a podium speaking at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Two Dancing Couples

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: Two couples are dancing in a ballroom with full-length curtains in the background. Caption reads: "The dance music appealed to (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Jos...
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Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Description: Sammy Davis Jr. posing with his hands up and his mouth open in front of a curtain. He is wearing a suit coat, tie, hat and a pinky ring on one hand.

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