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Band Playing at Allis-Chalmers Strike Picnic

Date: 1946
Description: "The Harmonians" performing at a picnic to raise money for striking Allis-Chalmers workers.
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The Harvester Club Minstrels

Date: 04 12 1912
Description: Group portrait of the Harvester Club Minstrels at the Ziegfeld Theatre.
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Salvation Army Members on Stage

Date: 10 11 1934
Description: Group portrait of men and women in costumes onstage. Taken for the Salvation Army.
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Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Turner Hall Gymnasts

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: Two children and one adult in a gymnastic pose at Madison's Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street.
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show Rehearsal

Date: 03 01 1950
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross prepare for a variety show at Tomah Veterans Hospital. They are, from left to right: Bob Carpenter, Dick Feldt, and Lois Br...
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Shorewood Hills Community League "Shindig" Event

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: Participants in a skit called "Shorewood Goes to Town" depict a scene on a crowded Shorewood Hills bus at the Shorewood Community League "Shindig" event. F...
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Trinity Lutheran Church Couples Club

Date: 01 11 1952
Description: Four members of Trinity Lutheran church, 1904 Winebago Street, are shown in costume rehearsing the play "Our Town." The four cast members (shown left to ri...
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Madison Philharmonic Chorus Reception for Patrons and Open Rehearsal

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: The Madison Philharmonic Chorus under the direction of Robert Petzold holds a reception and rehearsal for its patrons at the YMCA to acquaint the patrons w...
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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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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: Maid Marion, played by Bonnie Burmeister, lures Friar Tuck, portrayed by Robert Becker, during a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club ...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 03 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," Nick Woodas of Madison portrays the king in anguish over ...
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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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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the UW Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," Don Hart of Whitefish Bay holds a sign with the word "Dungeon" written in larg...
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The Incomparable Hildegarde

Date: 03 1941
Description: Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. D...
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Virginia Terrace Children's Donation to the Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Children who live on Virginia Terrace donated $5.27, the proceeds from a theatrical play, to the Roundy's Fun Fund. Pictured kneeling: Kenny Lemmer. Back r...
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Modern Woodmen of America Letterhead

Date: 1905
Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee office of the Local Executive Committee for Head Camp Entertainment for a convention on June 20th to 24th, 1905, of the Modern ...
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Philharmonic Chorus

Date: 02 22 1958
Description: Members of the Philharmonic Chorus hold a reception in Esther Hall of the YWCA. Left to right are Mrs. Ambrose Landmark, accompanist; Ruth Dickert, presid...
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Theater Guild Opens Season

Date: 09 1959
Description: Carol Bryant, Robert Rancourt and Nancy Fowlkes act out a scene from "The Cold Wind and the Warm", the opening play of the Madison Theater Guild season pre...

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