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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Sherman PTA Play Cast

Date: 01 23 1932
Description: Sherman PTA Players, winners of the 4th Dane Co. Drama Preliminary Contest at DeForest, in the fainting scene in "Bills."
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Mazomanie Rural Club Play Cast

Date: 01 20 1932
Description: Mazomanie Rural Club play cast, winner of the Dane County rural drama contest, on stage at the Mt. Horeb High School.
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A Theatrical Production at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Portrait of a man and a woman performing in a theatrical production at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wis...
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Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad

Date: 1919
Description: Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been...
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Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman Bicycling

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Description: Magazine clipping of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman bicycling together.
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Theodore Roberts, Mary MacLaren, and Wallace Reid in "Across the Continent"

Date: 1922
Description: John Dent (played by Theodore Roberts) greets Louise Fowler (Mary MacLaren) and his son Jimmy Dent (Wallace Reid) after they have won a transcontinental au...
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Film Still of "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people.
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Film Still of Picnic in "The Clod Hopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a picnic in "The Clod Hopper". Spectators are at a mule-riding attraction. There is a man on a mule in a enclosure, while a second man in a c...
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Norma Talmadge and Lowell Sherman Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Margaret Vane (played by Norma Talmadge) has coffee with Paul Derreck (Lowell Sherman) in an exclusive hunting club in a scene still from "Yes or No" (1920...
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Faire Binney and Georges Carpentier in Bathing Suits

Date: 1920
Description: In this flirtatious scene still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) holds the hand of ...
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Gloria Swanson and Wallace Reid in Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Gloria Swanson stands on a chair with a fishing net in her hand and a fishing basket around her neck as Wallace Reid holds out a flower in a scene still fr...
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Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson

Date: 1921
Description: Anatol Spencer (played by Wallace Reid) stands in a doorway with his wife Vivian (Gloria Swanson) in this scene still from Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 producti...
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Youth Summer Theater Group

Date: 06 24 1959
Description: Six Madison area teenage members of the Youth Summer Theater rehearse a scene before 30 performances of "The Magic Shoes." The plays were performed at park...
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Scene still with Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland.

Date: 1919
Description: A card dealer watches as Nick Delano (played by Warner Oland) shows Helene (Elsie Ferguson) to the gambling table in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Pla...
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Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still.

Date: 1911
Description: In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees)...
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Edgewood High School Christmas Pageant

Date: 11 16 1959
Description: Edgewood High School pupils presenting their Christmas pageant, "The Promised One": Lou Ann Klein, Bernard Caputo, Marijo Lynaugh, and Sue Ann Klein.
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Publicity photo of Joel McCrea and Laraine Day for the film "Foreign Correspondent." McCrea wears a suit and sits with his arms around his legs. Day wears ...
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Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid, forest scene still

Date: 1917
Description: In the forest, Stella Benton (played by Kathlyn Williams in a striped skirt and white blouse) talks to Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid in outdoors clothe...

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