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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub... |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure for Dell O'Dell, one of a few professional female magicians. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of opera singer, Olivia Monona (Olivia Goldenberger) likely in costume for an unknown production. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Opera singer, Olivia Monona in costume posing on a bench. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Cover of booklet on how to promote new International Harvester equipment with an equipment show and family party, and how to put them together for profit. ... |
| Date: | 09 08 1965 |
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| Description: | Ben Bergor presenting a check to Ann Geyer, director of nursing at Methodist hospital, that comes from the profits of the Kitty Wells show sponsored by the... |
| Date: | 06 09 1927 |
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| Description: | The Second Annual convention, referred to as "The Greatest Gathering of Magicians in the History of the World," of the International Brotherhood of Magicia... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Olivia Goldenberger (later changed to Olivia Monona) in costume as Little Lord Fauntleroy for a theater production. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Olivia Monona sitting in a carriage with her first husband, Clarence Johnson. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Madison Business Association, with the association seal featuring "Forward," the statue on top of the State Capitol dome. |
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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: | 11 22 1848 |
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| Description: | Frontispiece from a passport issued to Benedict Goldenberger from the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. He left Aargau in 1851, went to Massachussetts, and th... |
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| Description: | The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The Serenaders, a dance band based in Kiel. The drum indicates that the band was headed by Si Mahlberg. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Selection of Chicago Civic Opera Company touring programs for stops in Minneapolis, MN; Portland, OR; Columbus, OH, and San Antonio, TX. |
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| Description: | Tintype of Estella Moessner Goldenberger of Madison, (in the window), with her friend Celia Gibson posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of entertainment at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Retail Lumberman's Association in Milwaukee. |
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| Description: | The Quarternotes, an award-winning barbershop-style singing group from Racine that was formed about 1945. They are, left to right: Virginia Clausen, Phylli... |
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