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Keystone Film Company Pool

Date: 1915
Description: Production still of the Keystone pool. On the far left is Mack Sennett, coatless, in derby and suspenders. On the far right is Adam Kessel, coatless, in a ...
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Photo Collage with Charlie Chaplin

Date: 11 1917
Description: In this photo-collage, part of a promotional still from Charlie Chaplin's film "The Adventurer" with an actor wearing a huge false beard and moustache clos...
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Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, and Charlie Chaplin

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still from Chaplin's 1917 silent film "The Adventurer," Eric Campbell, made-up with large eyebrows, beard, and moustache, closely scrutinizes...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A scene from a variety show is put on by University of Wisconsin Dames Club units. Using a hillbilly theme, members of the Gadabouts created a musical skit...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A group of girls acts out a scene from a variety show put on by University of Wisconsin Dames Club units. The Lakeside Ladies enact "Wholesale Jeopardy", a...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Variety Show

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A scene from a variety show is put on by University of Wisconsin Dames Club units. Actresses in a comedy-tragedy, "Apologies to the Greeks", given by the V...
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Scene From Moliere Comedy "Tartuffe"

Date: 02 17 1960
Description: The Madison Theater Guild production of the Moliere comedy "Tartuffe" is presented at Madison West High School. Shown left to right are: Lois Klein, in the...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scene from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Four cast members of the ...
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Beth Israel Players

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: The Beth Israel Players will present an original musical comedy, "Room for One More" in the auditorium of Beth Israel Center. Shown in a scene from the pla...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with two Commedia dell' Arte characters: Tartaglia, a rotund figure who w...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with two Commedia dell' Arte characters: Pantalone, a black masked figure...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with three Commedia dell' Arte characters: Corallina, who wears a black m...
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The Blues Brothers

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Description: Outdoor portrait of John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues from the film The Blues Brothers. They are both wearing dark sunglasses. B...
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Madison Figure Skating Club Winter Party

Date: 01 21 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Gordon Sinyk...
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Madison Figure Skating Club Winter Party

Date: 01 21 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Marie McNeil...
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Madison Figure Skating Club Winter Party

Date: 01 21 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Robert Beck ...
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Madison Figure Skating Club Winter Party

Date: 01 21 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Dorothy Maso...
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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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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): Dave W...
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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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