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Shorewood Hills Community League Minstrel Show

Date: 10 26 1951
Description: The "Old South" came to life as the Shorewood Hills Community League presented its minstrel show to Shorewood Hills residents and guests. The Shorewood Sin...
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Shorewood Hills Community League Minstrel Show

Date: 10 26 1951
Description: The "Old South" came to life as the Shorewood Hills Community League presented its minstrel show to Shorewood Hills residents and guests. Seated at the pia...
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Madison Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 30 1952
Description: Six people are gathering around a picnic table at the Madison Philharmonic Chorus picnic supper. They are, left to right: Ruth Foster, president of the gro...
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The Bloomer Gals

Date: 09 01 1913
Description: Group of women known as The Bloomer Gals singing at a Labor Day picnic. Several children are seated in the foreground. The women are identified as Ida Rath...
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Choral director Bernhardt Westland plays the piano while eight members of the Philharmonic Chorus executive board standing nearby. Left to right: James Cra...
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McCormick-Deering Sisters and Big Brother Johnny

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait of the McCormick-Deering Sisters and Big Brother Johnny, taken at the KCRC studios. Original caption reads: "Radio Talent "McCormick-Deering...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card of a stylized caroler holding a songbook and a wreath. Her scarf is blowing in the wind. The text "Holiday Greetings" appears in a sign in the...
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Holiday Card with A Couple Singing

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a stylized man and woman singing. They are sharing a songbook. He is wearing a top hat, high collar and tie. She is wearing a bonnet and ...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with two carolers, one violin player and a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter. In the background is a decorative gold fence over black....
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Sigrid's Bavarian Trail — Interior

Date: 03 12 1999
Description: "While dining at Sigrid's Bavarian Trail,our waitress Carrie Pobanz, entertains us by singing 'Edelweiss.' She and her family are moving to Branson, MO, in...
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Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Four members of the Philharmonic Chorus at a picnic table at their annual picnic. Shown left to right are: Mrs. Ruth (Robert M.) Foster, Mrs. Catherine McC...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Musical entertainment at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party. Helen Nichols is accompanying a trio on the piano. Singers are, left to right: Dr. L.R...
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Quarternotes

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Description: The Quarternotes, an award-winning barbershop-style singing group from Racine that was formed about 1945. They are, left to right: Virginia Clausen, Phylli...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers while the drummer is set up o...
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Olivia Monona

Date: 06 1904
Description: Olivia Goldenberger, who was born in Madison, but went on to perform under the stage name Olivia Monona with the Chicago Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, ...
Postcard

Diva

Date: 03 1912
Description: Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit...
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Ben and Olivia Goldenberger

Date: 1910
Description: Ben Goldenberger and his sister Olivia face each other over a small table. There is a menorah on the bookcase in the background. Ben would later change his...
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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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Dorothy Jardon in "A Winsome Widow"

Date: 1912
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a large hat and beaded dress in a publicity photograph for "A Winsome Widow," a musical comedy that played at the Ziegfeld Moulin Rouge.

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