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UW Actors Rehearse

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: Shown are some of the players rehearsing for "Le Malade Imaginaire", the Moliere comedy which the U.W. department of French and Italian presented at the Wi...
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Gold Star Parents at Memorial Concert

Date: 03 20 1949
Description: The University of Wisconsin honored the dead of four wars with a concert presented by the University Symphony orchestra and chorus that was attended by som...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Latin American Week

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Cast members of the 19th century Mexican play "A Ninguna de Las Tres" by Frenando Calderon to be presented at the Memorial Union Play Circle as part of the...
Poster

Wild Child Butler and His Band

Date: 10 1972
Description: Poster advertising for a concert by Wild Child Butler and His Band, which took place October 20, 1972, at Gordon Commons on the University of Wisconsin-Mad...
Poster

Chicago Blues RPM Printing Co-op Benefit Poster

Date: 09 1972
Description: Poster advertising for a 2nd annual concert to benefit Madison's RPM Printing Co-op. Featuring Chicago Blues, including Sunnyland Slim and his band, Carey ...
Poster

Mt. York Music Festival Poster

Date: 09 1972
Description: Poster advertising for the Mt. York Music Festival, September 8, 9, 10, 1972. Featured music by Baby Grand, Benedict, Black Society, Brownsville Station, B...
Poster

Sha-Na-Na Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster publicizing the New York-based Rock and Roll revival group, "Sha-Na-Na." Features caricature illustrations of all members, designed by Aardvark Desi...
Photograph

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...
Poster

Circus Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by Hemisphere recording artists Circus, playing at the Church Key in Madison, Wisconsin. Illustration of trains going through ...
Poster

Wisconsin Traveler Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s...
Photograph

Cast of Wisconsin Players Rehearsing for "Bite the Dust"

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Rehearsing for the Wisconsin Players production of "Bite the Dust" are left to right: Irving Kreutz as Six-Killer Onehorse; Patricia McKeene as Polly Pears...
Drawing

Nitty Gritty Beer Special Sign

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Description: Sign advertising for 15 cent tap beers at the Nitty Gritty bar in Madison, Wisconsin. Shows a cartoon of a drunk bugler, playing taps while drinking a pint...
Drawing

Blue Funkshun at the Nitty Gritty

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Description: Poster advertising a set of performances by musical group Blue Funkshun. Features a hand-drawn illustration of a man with a guitar case smoking a cigarett...
Print

Festival Choir Concert Poster

Date: 04 1975
Description: Poster announcing "Festival Choir," a concert of music from America, conducted by David Crosby, at several venues in Madison and Monona, Wisconsin. Feature...
Poster

The 100% Legal High Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing concerts by Brotherhood and Short Stuff at the Nitty Gritty in Madison.
Poster

Blooziana Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by the group Blooziana at the Nitty Gritty in Madison, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Gay Marchers Rally at Capitol

Date: 09 09 1979
Description: A large group of people rallying in support of gay rights at the top of State Street on the Capitol Square. They are listening to a man playing guitar. Man...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller and Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller, 2138 Chamberlin Avenue, and her neighbor, Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson, 2130 Chamberlin Avenue, posing for a portrait while atte...
Photograph

Prof. and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Professor and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich, 1218 Spring Street, at the Wisconsin Union theater for the opening of the Wisconsin Players' production of "The Ph...

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