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Lifebuoy Soap Dancers, Wheeler School of Dance

Date: 05 25 1933
Description: Group of seven dancers posing around an oversize cake of Lifebuoy Health Soap on a stage. The orchestra pit is in the foreground. Billie Usher, Marianne He...
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Longfellow School Play

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Cast members in costume at Longfellow School play, "The Bear's Dream".
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Music at Farmers Union Meeting

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Description: Three boys, one playing a guitar, one playing a mandolin, and one singing a song from "Favorite Radio Gems," songbook, as part of a Farmers Union Meeting a...
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Pete Seeger at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st...
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Zilphia Horton Leading Songs

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading singing at CIO School during Holiday season. At the table on the right, Myles Horton, Mike Ross, Tom Ludwig, and Joyce Mitchell.
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Women in Theatrical Performance

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Description: Four women holding up cardboard ovals and pointing, as part of a theatrical performance at Highlander Folk School.
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Peter Seeger Playing at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building.
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Highlander Student Workshop

Date: 05 1960
Description: Music being played at a Highlander Folk School student workshop. John Lewis in back, extreme left; James Bevel, kneeling, left (in front of John); Candie A...
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Johnny Appleseed Play

Date: 11 10 1950
Description: A scene from the Lapham School fifth grade production of Johnny Appleseed. Shown are, left to right: Bob Alcumerac (Johnny), Bill Mueller, Nancy Hustad, L...
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Johnny Appleseed Play

Date: 11 10 1950
Description: A scene from the Lapham School fifth grade production of Johnny Appleseed. Waving goodbye to Johnny (Bob Alcumbrac) are left to right: Rosemary Reding, Lo...
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Nakoma School Play

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Nakoma School third grade children watching a class play, "Democracy for Boys and Girls." The children were assigned to find out where their ancestors came...
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Female students in Roman costumes stand outdoors near a wooded area while putting on a pageant at Clarion State Normal School. The school was established i...
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Clavier of the Mercersburg Academy

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Description: A man sits on a wooded bench to play the clavier at Mercersburg Academy, a school organized in 1893. Lighting hangs from the ceiling to illuminate the cari...
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Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1992
Description: "L-R: Kristy Stommel, Ryan Krueger, and Brian McManus play their xylophones."
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Tibor Zana and the Madison Ballet Company

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Tibor Zana, a refugee from Communist Hungary, is taking over the Kathryn Hubbard School of Dance and renaming it the Madison School of Ballet. He is also f...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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A Costume Carnival

Date: 04 06 1989
Description: A boy in a costume is posing with his arms crossed wih his hands on his knees. Caption reads: "A costume carnival Pupils at Maple Dale Elementary S...

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