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| Date: | 09 1930 |
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| Description: | During the 1920s Madison magician Ben Bergor toured with various vaudeville companies. This is the setup for the Curtis Comedy Company. |
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| Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be... |
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| Description: | The Gold Dust Twins were a popular comedy-musical act that toured in the Midwest during the 1950s. The two men sang, danced, and performed banjo music, as ... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Half-length publicity photograph of Dorothy Jardon apparently wearing only a fur on one shoulder and many rings on her hand. Stamps on the back of the prin... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Harriet Curran Kelly and her four children in a studio portrait from about 1914. From left to right the children are Eugene, Harriet, Louise, and James. Wi... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Fred Stone, America's Foremost Comedian and his happy family photographed recently on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Left to Right: Car... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Jerry's Piano Girls, a Keith vaudeville circuit headliner act. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Hardware store owners Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in rough working clothes in a scene still for... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in street clothes in a scene still for the 1917 silent comedy "Belo... |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Eddie Cantor applying blackface makeup in front of a triple mirror. The mirror on the left reflects the left side of his face without makeup, the center mi... |
| Date: | 11 26 1958 |
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| Description: | The four dancing McGilligans, Pat (7), Maureen (9), Dennis (11), and Luann (5) performing at the Vaudeville show at a meeting of the Woman's Club of Madiso... |
| Date: | 11 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Three lady dancers at the Vaudeville show at a meeting of the Woman's Club of Madison. They are Gladys Homer, Beulah Kosak, and Mary Shattuck. |
| Date: | 11 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Two participants in the vaudeville show at a meeting of the Woman's Club of Madison admire a poster for one of the acts. They are Marie Oakey and Grace Liv... |
| Date: | 11 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Three women perform in a comedy sketch during the vaudeville show at a meeting of the Woman's club of Madison. They are Amy Melby, Alma Beyer, and Mrs. Nor... |
| Date: | 04 1924 |
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| Description: | Eleven children posing around an automobile. A banner on the car reads: "'The Butterfly Kiddies' Welton Co. 245 Ac." |
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