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West High School Orchestra

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: West High School orchestra on stage with director.
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East High School, Girls Field Hockey Squad

Date: 03 06 1930
Description: East High School, girls hockey squad.
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Central High School Debate

Date: 03 20 1929
Description: Central High School debate, Central vs. Beloit.
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Tap Dancers on Stage

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Description: Twenty-one tap dancers from the Kehl School of Dance, posed in line formation on stage.
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Kehl Dancers in Black Costume

Date: 1920
Description: Six girls in black costumes pose on stage at the Kehl School of Dance.
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Maema Marionette Scene

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Description: View of a Maema Marionette scene from "The Snow Mountain." Two child puppets play on a see-saw and a female puppet sits on a bench.
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Billie Sidell Costumed as a Man

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Description: Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man.
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The Sidell Sisters in Elaborate Costumes

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Description: Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes.
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Pierre Sidell as a Ballerina

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell".
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Dick DeYoung

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Description: Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s...
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Ben Bergor with Lighted Cigarettes

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Description: Formal publicity portrait of magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing one of his sleight of hand tricks with lighted cigarettes. Bergor was billed as the ...
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Mandu the Magician

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Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
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Dutch Girls Orchestra

Date: 05 28 1934
Description: Photograph submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Group portrait of the six women in the Dutch Girls Orchestra. They are posed ons...
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Neighborhood House Album: Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views of a play performed for Valentine's Day. One side shows a person dressed in jester's attir...
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Neighborhood House Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Cast members of a play staged for Valentine's Day, with costumed figures holding shields, a jester in a half-white and half-black costume, a woman with a c...
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Social Security Anniversary

Date: 1968
Description: Robert Ball and Wilbur Cohen stand at the lectern during a celebration of the anniversary of Social Security. Robert Ball was Commissioner of Social Securi...
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Social Security Anniversary

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ...
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Social Security Anniversary

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen stands at the podium during his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Seated on the stage with him are his wife Eloise...
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Newton Minow

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Description: Candid portrait of Newton Minow.

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