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| Date: | 02 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of radio actor Jim Ameche. The image was used for a newspaper advertisement. Caption reads: "Jim Ameche, The MANHATTAN STORY Te... |
| Date: | 07 03 1938 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of radio actor Jim Ameche, who is holding a sheet of paper and standing behind an NBC microphone. |
| Date: | 12 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Edgewood High School presents a medieval nativity play in the school auditorium. Members of the cast are (lower, L-R) John Rengstorff, shepherd, son of Mr.... |
| Date: | 03 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Eighth grade pupils rehearsing the play "Finders Creepers". Actors are, left to right: Cynthia Clarke, Wade Smith, Dick Harbort, Mike Savidusky and Jamie H... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Actor's headshot of stage and early film actor William Gillette, best remembered for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Signature bottom right. |
| Date: | 09 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Movie and TV actor, Adolphe Menjou, right, with William Doudna, journalist for the Wisconsin State Journal. In 1947, Menjou was a witness in the Hou... |
| Date: | 07 1934 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards people standing in front of a large theater stage and backdrop with trees drawn on it. Some are costumed as soldiers and some as N... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Still of actors portraying soldiers in a battle. Caption reads: "King Lear performance (for motion picture?)" |
| Date: | 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a man wearing a conductor's hat. A train is in the background. Caption reads: "Norman Wiese, North Freedom, Mid-Century RR Museum. Was also in ... |
| Date: | 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Actors Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow posing while seated on the grass with plates of food and drinks. They appear to be in costume. Caption reads: "Liv Ull... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Posed scene from a play. A man kneels and reaches out to a woman, who is turned away but looking back at him. Another actress is dressed as a young child, ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of seven young men and three young women, in costume and seated or standing around a couch. Caption reads: "Augusta Masie Breed. Senior Clas... |
| Date: | 12 1957 |
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| Description: | Three men and two women pose together on a stage. Caption reads: "l to r: William Inge, Teresa Wright, Pat Hingle, Eileen Heckart, Elia Kazan. Photographed... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four men and four women, all in costume. One woman is dressed in a bridal gown. Caption reads: "'The Mistletoe Bough' 1885. Mary R. Brigh... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923". |
| Date: | 07 06 1956 |
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| Description: | View of an outdoor performance with a tree on the left, and a brick building in the background. Two men in suits are attempting to push a third man into a ... |
| Date: | 03 11 1969 |
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| Description: | A man in costume — including greasepaint and exaggerated eyebrows and lips — posing holding a cane. Caption reads: "Charles Abbott, dressed for his role as... |
| Date: | 07 14 1989 |
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| Description: | Ten people posing on stage, in costume. On the curtain behind them is the word Joseph. Caption reads: "TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT — The Village Players of Mukwo... |
| Date: | 04 14 1989 |
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| Description: | A man has linked arms with two women and is posing looking at the camera. The group is wearing costumes consisting of vests and straw boater hats. Caption ... |
| Date: | 07 07 1989 |
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| Description: | View of a stage rehearsal. A man is standing and pointing at a man who is lying on the stage. A woman is grabbing the standing man's arm. Caption reads: "S... |
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