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Scene Still from The Jazz Singer

Date: 1927
Description: A still from the film The Jazz Singer showing Eugenie Besserer, Al Jolson, and Warner Oland (Warner 1927).
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Helen Hayes at Edgewood College

Date: 02 24 1942
Description: Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen Klein, Dean of the College, with a group of Edgewood College students.
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Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen at Edgewood College

Date: 02 24 1942
Description: Actress Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen Klein, Dean of Edgewood College, in the Pine Room.
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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Portrayal of the Madonna

Date: 12 08 1931
Description: A girl posing in costume in her role as the Madonna from a Central High School play.
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Scene from "The Cradle Song"

Date: 01 11 1929
Description: Actresses in nuns' habit costumes from the University of Wisconsin theatre production "The Cradle Song" gather around one nun holding an infant.
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Scene from "The Cradle Song"

Date: 01 12 1929
Description: Scene from the University of Wisconsin theatre production "The Cradle Song."
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Teatro Campesino Acto

Date: 1967
Description: Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec...
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Frank McGlynn, Sr., and Miriam Nesbitt

Date: 1915
Description: Roger Davis (left, played by Frank McGlynn Sr.) and Effie Dorgan (played by Miriam Nesbitt dressed as a nun and holding a child) with an unidentified actor...
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Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, and Theodore Kosloff

Date: 1921
Description: Anatol Spencer (played by Wallace Reid) carries his wife Vivian (Gloria Swanson) in his arms. She has been mesmerized by Nazzer Singh the Hindu hypnotist (...
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Catholic Women Rehearse Playlet

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: Six women, three with scripts, rehearse at a table set with a prop telephone. The original caption states: "Members of St. James Players will present a pla...
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Edgewood High School Christmas Pageant

Date: 11 16 1959
Description: Edgewood High School pupils presenting their Christmas pageant, "The Promised One": Lou Ann Klein, Bernard Caputo, Marijo Lynaugh, and Sue Ann Klein.
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Owen Moore and Florence Lawrence in a scene still

Date: 1912
Description: Owen Moore, costumed as a minister, talks to Florence Lawrence by a gate in front of a house in a scene still from a silent drama, possibly "The Redemption...
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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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Junior Women's Club Production

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Group portrait of four members of the "Roaring '20's" portion of the Junior Woman's Club's original production which is being presented to a number of orga...
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Beth Israel Sisterhood Membership Tea

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: Phyllis Kaufman (left), Ruth Levey (center), and Mrs. Michael Sherman are shown rehearsing for a play to be presented at the Beth Israel sisterhood members...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. A group from Beth El Temple rehearsing a scene in wh...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Appearing as Adam and Eve (left) are Richard Aukerma of 6...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Depicting the conversion of Izeyl to Buddhism (left ...

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