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| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Cartoon of "Santa Claus Belated" by a fireplace delivering toys and speaking to a figure representing New Year 1878 saying: "Here we are again." |
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| Description: | A group of 12 dancers pose in Mexican costume at the Kehl School of Dance. Leo Kehl, head of the school, appears second from the left. |
| Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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| Description: | William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict... |
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| Description: | Two white women and three white men pose as Native Americans in a home with numerous artifacts including several taxidermy specimens. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, posing in costume indoors. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of small dog dressed in a dress, with a hand fan, and an umbrella or parasol, sitting in a rocking chair. The photograph is captioned... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A scene from the film "So Big" in which Jean Hersholt (left), Colleen Moore sitting on couch with a child laying his head in her lap, and Charlotte Merriam... |
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| Description: | Harold Gauer, wearing makeup, a false nose and smoking a cigar, stands next to Alice Bedard, holding a revolver. They are standing over the body of Robert ... |
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| Description: | Robert Vail, dressed up as a Monk, subtly caresses the thigh of Angie Vail. Vais is smoking and wearing only a tuxedo jacket with a bow tie, hat, and shoes... |
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| Description: | Max and Ruth Distenfeld stand under a stairway at a costume party. Max is wearing a hat made of newspaper and a badge that reads committee, while Ruth is w... |
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| Description: | A mildly risqué party scene with (from left to right) Alice Bedard, Robert Vail, unidentified, Robert Bloch, and Angie Vail, all in various costumes. Strea... |
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| Description: | Robert and Angie Vail, Mary Jo Vonier, and Alice Bedard pose in front of a tropical backdrop wearing leis. A bass drum sits on a couch next to them. |
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| Description: | Robert and Angie Vail pose with drinks at a nautical themed costume party. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. Caption reads: "Tom... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, in nurse's dress and cap, straightening the bedding on a doll cradle as the cat sits in a chair, bandage... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Tommy the cat sitting in a high chair as Tootsie, the dog, stands alongside. Both wear long dresses; the dog also wears a cardigan... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Middleton family cat sleeping in a doll carriage under a crocheted baby blanket, wearing a matching bonnet. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Tootsie the dog, wearing a dress and holding a mandolin while sitting on a daybed. A banjo, marked "Joker," and zither are propped... |
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