Date: | 1926 |
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Description: | A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
Date: | 04 21 1927 |
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Description: | The projection room in the Orpheum Theatre, with projectors and other equipment ready for movie viewing. |
Date: | 06 23 1934 |
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Description: | A crowd is standing on the sidewalk in front of the Eastwood Theater. A sign behind them reads: "Gala Hollywood Premiere." The "Premiere" is of thirty loca... |
Date: | 12 27 1929 |
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Description: | A crowd lined up on opening night at the Eastwood Theatre at 2090 Atwood Avenue. This view of the facade shows an unfinished dome on top of the building. |
Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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Description: | Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | A photograph of Fredric March as a child (on the right) performing in a church pageant with another child. |
Date: | 11 17 1932 |
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Description: | The Madison Civic Orchestra poses onstage after the Parkway concert. |
Date: | 01 23 1928 |
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Description: | View from the back towards the RKO Capitol Theatre stage. |
Date: | 02 05 1930 |
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Description: | View from across the street of the Capitol Theatre tower. "Love Parade" is advertised on the marquee. Three automobiles are in the street in front of Peopl... |
Date: | 11 17 1932 |
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Description: | Male and female turkeys awaiting their fate in cages in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. A poster advertises "Next Tuesday is Poultry Night Here! 8 turkey... |
Date: | 11 24 1933 |
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Description: | View from center aisle of Hommel's Cooking School set up on the Parkway Theater stage, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. Displayed is a layout of the cooking demonst... |
Date: | 08 17 1933 |
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Description: | Crowd assembled outside the RKO Orpheum Theatre to watch "Tugboat Annie" on MGM's traveling theatre. Speths Clothing and other businesses in the 200 block ... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Bert Williams (right) and Leon Errol (left) are a cabbie and his fare from the 1912 Ziegfield Follies. The cab is drawn by a rumpled pantomime horse. Behin... |
Date: | 04 25 1925 |
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Description: | Ed Wynn is shown in his dressing room applying makeup at the mirror. Reflected in the mirror left to right are Wynn's manager Fred R. Zweifal, Wynn's valet... |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | Color lithograph poster advertising the musical "The Cow-boy Girl" depicting Pa trying to talk to Ma through her ear horn. Kilroy and Britton were the prod... |
Date: | 01 24 1936 |
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Description: | The Orpheum Theatre canopy and sign at night on the 200 block of State Street. The Orpheum Theatre marquee notes: "Shep Fields" on stage, and "Kind Lady" o... |
Date: | 09 09 1936 |
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Description: | Orpheum Theatre marquee, 216 State Street, featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer in "The Great Ziegfeld." View also includes Weber's Restaur... |
Date: | 11 17 1936 |
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Description: | Refurbished facade of Madison Theatre, 111 Monona Avenue. The building includes the temporary quarters of Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers. |
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