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| Date: | 12 28 1960 |
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| Description: | The 6th annual Madison school safety patrol Christmas party is held at the Strand Theater. The children are entertained by cartoons and a comedy feature fi... |
| Date: | 11 24 1933 |
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| Description: | View from center aisle of Hommel's Cooking School set up on the Parkway Theater stage, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. Displayed is a layout of the cooking demonst... |
| Date: | 04 10 1927 |
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| Description: | The Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. The view also includes Weber's Restaurant, the Family Shoe Store, Rennebohm's Drug Store, and the Madison Theater. T... |
| Date: | 10 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu... |
| Date: | 03 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting an April 24, 1971 performance by Merce Cunningham and Dance Company at the Wisconsin Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Display of Salem china, Tricorne pattern, in the lobby of the Eastwood Theater, 2094 Atwood Avenue. "China Night, every Tuesday, one piece free to each lad... |
| Date: | 06 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Four students register for tryouts for Youth Summer Theater. They are at Washington School on West Dayton Street. The teens, left to right, are: Trena Tayl... |
| Date: | 05 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Joseph Conlin, tenor, signing a contract to perform at the Parkway Theater. Dr. William G. Beecroft shown standing is sponsoring Mr. Conlin's appearance. |
| Date: | 02 19 1931 |
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| Description: | Charles Loewenberg, manager of the Fox Strand Theater, handing a subscription book to Governor Philip F. La Follette, with Solomon Levitan looking on. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing foyer near doors to auditorium with a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing the foyer from the west towards a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
| Date: | 08 25 1965 |
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| Description: | The Jerry (Deane-TV name) Druckenbrod family performing together in the Theater-Go-Round production of "Babes in Arms." Dave Bruckenbrod is shown during re... |
| Date: | 01 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Reflections in the curved windows of the theater box office cause distortions as patrons wait in line for the office to open. The people are silhouetted ag... |
| Date: | 12 1978 |
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| Description: | Alwin Nikolais watches as Jessica Sayre rehearses a new dance. The Nikolais Dance Company later performed at the Union Theater. Nikolais was awarded a Mayo... |
| Date: | 12 28 1960 |
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| Description: | The 6th annual Madison school safety patrol Christmas party is held at the Strand Theater. The children are entertained by cartoons and a comedy feature fi... |
| Date: | 01 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Convocation ceremonies of mid-year University of Wisconsin graduation class in the Union theater. |
| Date: | 11 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the front of the Orpheum Theater under construction, at 216 State Street. Posters on the temporary wood facade are for th... |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Screen printed poster announcing a performance by Miles Davis Quintet and Keith Jarrett, occurring Thursday, March 18, 1971, at the Union Theater in the Un... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach, presented to the teen-aged theatrical group in 1951, is parked at the Marquette School playground. Performers and students in attendance a... |
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